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only 3 were found to have San Jose Scale, and those 3 orchards con- 

 tained a total of 3,500 trees. This is a good showing, for while the 

 average for the whole State shows slightly over half of the orchards 

 were found infested, yet here .only one orchard out of five was found 

 infested. 



Any reader can thus readily tell what the conditions are (so far as 

 we have found them) in any of the 39 counties where we have yet made 

 inspections. If you live in Guilford County you can see that 2 infested 

 small orchards were inspected; that 21 commercial orchards, containing 

 17,979 trees, were inspected, and that of these, 19 orchards, containing 

 17,179 trees, were found to have San Jose Scale. This shows that Scale 

 is prevalent in Guilford County orchards. In Haywood County 50 

 orchards, with 87,949 trees, were inspected, and 15 orchards, containing 

 30,725 trees, were found infested. Of the entire list, Wilkes County 

 makes the best record, so far as freedom from Scale is concerned — out of 

 21 orchards, with a total of 23,137 trees, no San Jose Scale whatever 

 was found. 



We figure that as a rule the average infested orchard will have more 

 or less Scale on about half of the trees, so that in Alexander County the 

 3 infested orchards, while they have a total of 3,500 trees, probably have 

 about 1,750 trees that are actually more or less infested. Perhaps in a 

 slightly-infested county, like Alexander, there would be less than half 

 of' the trees infested in the infested orchards, while in a badly-infested 

 county, like Guilford or Surry, more than half of the trees in the in- 

 fested orchards might have scale. But taking an average for the entire 

 State, we figure that in the 133 infested orchards, with their 282,572 

 trees, it is likely that about half of that number, or 141,286 trees, are 

 to-day actually infested, more or less, with the San Jose Scale. 



A Large Task. — While the figures given in the table may look dull and 

 uninteresting, yet they represent a large amount of work, both by the 

 Inspector in the field and by the Entomologist and clerk in the office. 

 It means that thousands of trees have been carefully examined, that 

 hundreds of miles have been tramped over hill and swamp in the inspec- 

 tions, that hundreds of reports have been filled out and mailed to the 

 office, that hundreds of letters have been written, and that thousands of 

 circulars and bulletins have been sent to the growers. And it is in order 

 that we may do more of this work in counties where we now know of 

 few (or no) commercial orchards that we want all interested persons to 

 put themselves into communication with this office. 



SUGGESTIONS TO PURCHASERS OF NURSERY STOCK. 



With so much activity in the planting of new orchards, and with so 

 many insects to be provided against, it is necessary that every person 

 who buys trees should exercise some caution. Much of the trouble with 

 unprofitable orchards arises from the fact that inferior or diseased trees 

 are planted, and as little or no attention is given them, they soon decline, 

 or perish altogether. 



Nursery Inspection. — The laws of North Carolina require that all nur- 

 series in the State be inspected each year. The object of these inspec- 

 tions is to ascertain the condition of the nurseries with regard to certain 



