﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkicultuke. 
  571 
  

  

  it 
  was 
  uecessaiy 
  to 
  cut 
  out 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  40 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  

   in 
  some 
  blocks 
  wliicli 
  had 
  been 
  diseased 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  nursery 
  of 
  Brown 
  Bros. 
  Co., 
  I 
  located 
  a 
  few 
  Japanese 
  

   maples 
  infested 
  with 
  parlatoria 
  viridis. 
  This 
  scale 
  being 
  a 
  new 
  

   species, 
  it 
  was 
  deemed 
  wise 
  to 
  prevent 
  its 
  spread,' 
  if 
  possible. 
  Mr. 
  

   Brown 
  objected 
  to 
  destroying 
  the 
  trees, 
  foi 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  part 
  

   of 
  them 
  had 
  been 
  sold 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  replaced. 
  Fumigation 
  

   was 
  resorted 
  to 
  with 
  success. 
  I 
  constructed 
  a 
  tent 
  to 
  use 
  in 
  

   the 
  nui'seiy-row, 
  and 
  by 
  working 
  nights 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  

   the 
  sun 
  and 
  gas 
  from 
  injm'ing 
  the 
  foliage, 
  we 
  had 
  no 
  trouble 
  

   whatever. 
  Specimens 
  submitted 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Felt, 
  State 
  Entomologist, 
  

   failed 
  to 
  show 
  any 
  signs 
  of 
  life, 
  and 
  an 
  examination 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  

   fall 
  was 
  just 
  as 
  satisfactory. 
  Xo 
  li"^4ng 
  scales 
  were 
  found, 
  and 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  scales 
  had 
  been 
  removed 
  by 
  the 
  elements. 
  

  

  The 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  June 
  I 
  received 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment, 
  informing 
  me 
  that 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  had 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   I. 
  H. 
  Babcock 
  farm, 
  at 
  Lockport. 
  An 
  investigation 
  brought 
  out 
  

   the 
  facts 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Babcock 
  had 
  purchased 
  infested 
  trees 
  from 
  a 
  

   New 
  Jersey 
  firm 
  several 
  yeai^s 
  previous, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  orchards 
  on 
  

   his 
  place 
  were 
  badly 
  infested. 
  One 
  hundred 
  and 
  ten 
  bearing 
  trees 
  

   were 
  taken 
  out 
  and 
  burned. 
  Mr. 
  Babcock 
  refused 
  to 
  let 
  me 
  go 
  on 
  

   destroying 
  the 
  infected 
  trees. 
  I 
  called 
  on 
  him 
  several 
  times 
  in 
  

   regard 
  to 
  the 
  matter, 
  showing 
  him 
  reports 
  of 
  work 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  

   the 
  south, 
  where 
  orchardists 
  were 
  attempting 
  to 
  control 
  the 
  pest 
  hj 
  

   using 
  insecticides, 
  and 
  tried 
  to 
  con^nnce 
  him 
  that 
  the 
  only 
  way 
  

   to 
  protect 
  his 
  own 
  and 
  neighbors' 
  interests 
  was 
  to 
  root 
  up 
  and 
  burn 
  

   all 
  infested 
  trees, 
  still 
  he 
  refused. 
  I 
  treated 
  one 
  young 
  orchard 
  

   with 
  kerosene 
  emulsion, 
  but 
  was 
  wholly 
  unsuccessful, 
  for 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   amination 
  showed 
  the 
  trees 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  worse 
  state 
  of 
  infestation 
  

   than 
  they 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  application 
  was 
  made. 
  

  

  August 
  sixteenth, 
  I 
  insj^ected 
  the 
  nursery 
  belonging 
  to 
  L. 
  "W. 
  

   Hall, 
  of 
  Eochester, 
  and 
  found 
  a 
  block 
  of 
  pear 
  trees 
  badly 
  infested 
  

   with 
  aspidiotus 
  ostraaoformis 
  and 
  a 
  block 
  of 
  mountain 
  ash 
  in- 
  

   fested 
  with 
  Putnam 
  scale 
  (aspidiotus 
  ancylus) 
  ; 
  both 
  of 
  these 
  

   blocks 
  were 
  dug 
  out 
  and 
  burned. 
  

  

  