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as the lady-bugs, and chiefly the smaller kinds do not despise such 1 
alittle creature. They are, all combined, but a slight check to the 
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FIG. 5.—a, b, c, Different stages of a minute black lady-bug; d, larvae and 
adult of the same in the act of devouring the scale insect. (From Div. Ent. U. S- 
Dept. Agriculture.) 
increase of an insect that is so prolific and has so many generations 
in the course of a single summer, The figures given of the number 
of offspring in oneseason arealmost past belief, but they are based 
upon actual observation. ° 
Remedies.—A large number of remedies have been tried, with 
more or less good results. As the writer has no experience with 
them as regards the scale, and as so much has been written about 
the insect and the remedies in pamphlets that are accessible to all 
interested in this matter, it is not necessary to mention them at this 
time, especially as the insect can still be prevented to spread in our 
state. By all means the best, and in the end the cheapest way, is to 
destroy the trees that harbor such insect. Quite recently Profs. 
Smith and Webster have sent out circulars in which they state that 
pure kerosene oil, sprayed upon the bare trees during a day with 
sufficient wind to evaporate this oil very rapidly, would kill the in- 
sects without injury to the trees. Perhaps it will, and itwould bea 
sort of patriotic action on the part of some of you to sacrifice a few 
trees, or rather to run the risk of doing so totry the remedy. Soak- 
ing the bark of an infested tree with such oil and burning it is also 
recommended; I suppose on the principle that burning a house will 
kill all bedbugs. 
Recommendations.—l1. Every orchard that has been set out 
within the last six years should be thoroughly examined to ascer- 
tain whether or not the San José scale is present. 
