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  Seven 
  rn 
  Annual 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  bnndred 
  and 
  twelve 
  as 
  destroyed 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  remaining 
  places, 
  or 
  

   an 
  average 
  of 
  174 
  trees 
  to 
  a 
  place. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  labor 
  required 
  to 
  inspect 
  the 
  nurseries 
  and 
  

   destroy 
  the 
  infested 
  stock 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Days. 
  

  

  Inspector 
  (Chester 
  Yonng) 
  116 
  

  

  Helper 
  (T. 
  F. 
  Xiles) 
  110 
  

  

  Laborers 
  furnished 
  by 
  nurserymen 
  25 
  

  

  Laborers 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  state 
  26 
  

  

  Total 
  277 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  \dth 
  this 
  year's 
  work 
  attention 
  is 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  

   remarkable 
  absence 
  of 
  livery 
  bills 
  during 
  the 
  good 
  weather 
  of 
  the 
  

   summer. 
  Both 
  myself 
  and 
  Mr. 
  ISTiles 
  have 
  made 
  it 
  a 
  point 
  to 
  carry 
  

   bicycles 
  with 
  us 
  and 
  to 
  use 
  them 
  in 
  traveling 
  between 
  the 
  rail- 
  

   road 
  stations 
  and 
  the 
  nurseries, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  lie 
  at 
  long 
  distances 
  

   from 
  the 
  nearest 
  station. 
  

  

  At 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  it 
  is 
  early 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  full 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  

   fumigating 
  work, 
  but 
  such 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Last 
  spring 
  considerable 
  time 
  was 
  sj^ent 
  fumigating 
  at 
  the 
  nur- 
  

   sery 
  of 
  Chas. 
  Zeller's 
  Sons, 
  at 
  Flatbush. 
  In 
  all, 
  about 
  500 
  trees 
  

   were 
  treated. 
  This 
  fall, 
  so 
  far, 
  preparations 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  

   fumigate 
  at 
  the 
  following 
  places: 
  Parsons 
  & 
  Sons 
  Co., 
  at 
  Flush- 
  

   ing; 
  Blacker 
  & 
  Hall, 
  at 
  Brentwood; 
  Isaac 
  Johnson, 
  at 
  Hew- 
  

   lett's, 
  and 
  at 
  Eowehl 
  & 
  Granz, 
  at 
  Ilicksville. 
  To 
  date, 
  work 
  has 
  

   only 
  been 
  completed 
  at 
  the 
  nursery 
  at 
  Brentwood, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  

   progTcss 
  at 
  the 
  one 
  at 
  Hewlett's. 
  In 
  all 
  respects 
  this 
  treatment 
  has 
  

   proved 
  highly 
  satisfactory, 
  the 
  only 
  objection 
  being 
  that 
  it 
  takes 
  

   too 
  much 
  time, 
  and 
  is 
  too 
  expensive 
  for 
  the 
  State. 
  I 
  would 
  recom- 
  

   mend 
  that, 
  next 
  year, 
  this 
  practice 
  in 
  nurseries 
  be 
  abandoned, 
  and 
  

   that 
  destruction 
  of 
  all 
  infested 
  stock 
  be 
  resorted 
  to. 
  Owing 
  to 
  

   business 
  matters 
  of 
  a 
  private 
  nature 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  personally 
  

   to 
  oversee 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  fumigating 
  this 
  fall, 
  but, 
  under 
  my 
  direc- 
  

   tion, 
  Mr. 
  Niles 
  has 
  done 
  highly 
  satisfactory 
  work. 
  

  

  