86 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



REPORT OF STATE INSPECTOR OF ORCHARDS AND NUR- 

 SERIES. 



To the State Board of Agriculture : 



Gentlemen — The following report for the year now finished is re- 

 spectfully submitted: 



The portion of my time devoted to this office has been about equally 

 divided into three parts, the inspection of the nurseries of the state, the 

 examinations of orchards for San Jose scale and other dangerous in- 

 sects and diseases, and correspondence regarding the work of the de- 

 partment. 



Of the seventy-eight nurseries of the state, I have personally inspected 

 forty-eight, and have visited some of them two and three times. The 

 nurseries that have received more than one visit have been those in 

 which the San Jose scale or other trouble has been found. In order to 

 save as much of the stock as possible it has been customary to go to the 

 infested nurseries in the spring and make sure that the orchard and 

 other trees in the vicinity are not harboring pests that will spread to 

 the nursery trees. In cases where the San Jose scale has obtained a 

 foothold, it has been customary to require the spraying of trees that are 

 carried over the winter with the sulphur-lime mixture. 



In the work of the department I have received the hearty and effi- 

 cient co-operation of the deputy inspectors, who have been the same as 

 last year. Mr. T. A. Farrand, of Eaton Rapids, inspected most of the 

 nurseries in the southwestern section of the state, and also devoted 

 considerable time to the inspection of orchards and holding of demonstra- 

 tion meetings; Mr. E. W. Allis, of Adrian, inspected the nurseries in 

 Lenawee and Monroe counties and aided in the inspection of orchards in 

 that section; Mr. H. G. Welch, of Fennville, inspected most of the nur- 

 series in Allegan and Ottawa counties, and was in charge of the inspec- 

 tion work in those counties so far as the San Jose scale, yellows and 

 little peach diseases were concerned; Mr. F. A. Wilken, of the South 

 Haven sub-station, attended to most of the nursery inspection work in 

 Kalamazoo county, and looked after the orchard inspection in Van 

 Buren county; Mr. R. J. Stahelin, of Bridgman, as in previous years, 

 inspected the small fruit plants for the nurseries in that vicinity, and 

 gave considerable attention to the inspection of orchards in southern 

 Berrien county; Mr. L. M. Geismar, of the Northern Peninsular sub- 

 station, acted as deputy for that part of the state. 



Owing to the fact that the nurseries in which the San Jose scale and 

 other troubles were found in 1905, bad all of the infested stock de- 

 stro3'ed, and that which was left sprayed with the sulphur-lime mixture, 

 the amount of infested stock was somewhat reduced as compared with 

 that found the previous year. There is every reason to hope that by 

 following out this plan and making sure that infested orchards in the 

 vicinity are either destroyed, or thoroughly sprayed, the injury done 

 by the scale in the nurseries will be greatly lessened. During the year 

 the scale has been found to a slight extent in a lew nurseries in which 



