February, '14] MATHESON: NOVA SCOTIA SCALE CONDITIONS 145 



seem that it is now possible to completely eradicate this pest or keep 

 it so in check that there will be no danger of the old orchards becoming 

 infested. The plan pursued was to have inspectors visit every farm- 

 house and garden throughout the district shown in cross lines on the 

 map in Fig. 9. This actual field work was in charge of Mr. H. G. 

 Payne and under him were eight competent inspectors. The inspect- 

 ors worked in pairs and every inch of ground was carefully gone over. 

 They were required to give information on the following points, the 

 accuracy of these answers depending largely on the ability of the 

 inspectors : 



Name, address, origin of stock; trees destroyed, 1910, 1911, 1912, 

 1913; number inspected; acres in orchard; spraying, cultivation, and 

 condition and general remarks. 



As they knew the country thoroughly and were all acquainted with 

 local conditions the results may be considered as fairly accurate. We 

 found the people only too willing to aid us, and no particular difficulty 

 in securing the information required was met with. 



Results of the Inspection Work 



1912 1913 



Number of properties inspected 1,758 5,042 



Number of trees inspected (estimate) 150,000 166,000 (actual 



count) 



Number of properties infested (including dead scale) . . 793 123 



Number of trees of 1910 planting destroyed 7 



Number of trees of 1911 planting destroyed 339 6 



Number of trees of 1912 planting destroyed 377 45 



Number of trees of 1913 planting destroyed ■ — 6 



Total number of trees destroyed 723 56 



A comparison of the results of the two seasons' work shows gratifying 

 results especially when one considers that during 1913 a much larger 

 area was inspected and many more trees were carefully gone over. 

 This also included the entire 1913 planting. The results of another 

 year's work may actually demonstrate the practical eradication of 

 San Jose scale from this restricted fruit belt. 



In order to secure data for future recommendations I had the in- 

 spectors obtain as accurate answers to the other questions as possible. 

 As I know of no other similar survey of a district which has been pro- 

 ducing fruit for over 100 years I here offer these results w^hich may 

 prove of interest to many entomologists. .^ 



Total number of properties inspected 5,042 



Total acreage (approximate) in orchards 31,203 



Number of fruit growers who spray at least once (we did not request the 



number of sprayings) 2,378 



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