Report of the State Entomologist 



OF Indiana 



AND LIST OF INDIANA NURSERYMEN 

 INSPECTED IN J903. 



To His Excellency, Winfield T. Durbin, 



Governor of the State of Indiana: 



Sir— In accordance with the provisions of section eleven (11), chapter 

 one hundred and thirty-eight (cxxxviii) of the General Laws of 1899, I 

 hereby sul^mit my fifth annual report of the work done and expenses in- 

 curred by this office during the fiscal year ending October 31, 1903. 



The worli of this oflSce during the past year has been confined prin- 

 cipally to the inspection of nurseries, although the calls for assistance in 

 other directions have been many; and the correspondence concerning 

 insect-infested orchards and field crops has been far in excess of other 

 years. As far as possible I have responded, either in person, or by my 

 assistant, to the many requests for personal inspections of orchards which 

 were thought to be infested with the San Jose scale. Many more of these 

 inspections could have been made, very profitably so. too, had the appro- 

 priation at my command been sufficient to warrant it. As it is, the funds 

 at my disposal is little more than enough to enable me to complete the 

 nursery inspection. 



There are two things which we are trying to accomplish with the 

 limited means at our disposal. (1) To inspect all nurseries in the State, 

 and, if possil)le, keep them free from dangerously injurious insects and 

 plant diseases; and (2) to prevent the further introduction and spread of 

 these pests of the nursei-yman and orchardist, as well as those affecting 

 the general farmer. The first is perhaps the most important, as without 

 a clean bill, the nurseryman can not do Inisiness in this or any other 

 State. For that reason the nursery inspection has been given the prefer- 

 ence, not forgetting, however, to keep an eye on shipments from other 

 States. Our law requires that whenever any nursery stock is shipped into 

 this State from another State, each package or car, if in car lots, shall 

 be accompanied l)y a certificate signed by a State or Government In- 

 spector, showing that the contents have been examined by him, and that 

 to the best of his knowledge and belief such stock is free from San Jose 

 scale and other destructive insects or fungus enemies. In several instances 



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