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not carry a single specimen of the San José scale. If this plan is 
adopted by everyone interested, and without exception, the rate of 
spread of the species can be limited to the natural spread by crawling, 
by winds, and by the aid of other insects and birds. 
We wish particularly to impress upon the minds of fruit growers 
that as soon as this insect is found to occur in an orchard the most 
strenuous measures must be taken to stamp it out. No halfway 
measures will suffice. The individual must remember that not only 
are his own interests vitally at stake, but those of the entire commu- 
nity in which he resides. Trees badly infested should be instantly 
burned, as previously stated. The individual may think that he can 
not bear the loss, but the loss in consequence of the slightest neglect 
will be much greater. The fact, too, that there is a community of 
interests among fruit growers in this matter must not be lost sight of, 
Fruit growers must be mutually helpful in an emergency like this. 
L. O. Howarp, 
Acting Entomologist. 
Approved: 
J. STERLING Morton, 
Secreta ry. 
Wasuineton, D. C., April 4, 1893. 
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