5/8 NEW JERSEY STATE AGRICULTURAL. 



of 1904. that llicy may have a chance to spread in <(>nie ui our 

 own orclianls during- the suiiinier." 



Pursuant to this suL;jL;estiiin 1 secured a promise of co-opera- 

 tion from tiie State Entomolooist of Georgia and quite early in 

 the season wrote to Mr. \\'ihn<in Xewell. askinj^j^ nhethcr ar- 

 ranq-emcnts could be made for a continuinu;- supply durinj^' the 

 summer. To my surprise the report was that the insects had not 

 done well and that the office could not undertake the long 

 journeys necessary to secure material. One sending was made, 

 however, and then it was decided to investigate personally. 



Investigations Made in Georgia. 



Atlanta was reached July i8th. and Mr. \Vilmon Xewell. the 

 State Entomologist, was good enough to call on me and arrange 

 for such a trip as would hring all the factors under direct obser- 

 vation. 



To Mr. Newell thanks arc due for devoting nearl\- an entire 

 week to me. guiding me to just those localities of importance and 

 introducing me to just those persons from whom information 

 could l)e obtained. In no other way could I have covered so much 

 territory in so short a time and secured the same amount of 

 information. The objects to l>e attained were to ascertain the 

 conditions under which the Asiatic beetles had been placed orig- 

 inall}'; how they had flourished and the reasons for their apparent 

 disapi)earance, if possil)le. 



Throughout that part of Central Georgia covered in this trip 

 the pernicious scale occurs more or less abundantly. In some 

 places considerable injury has been caused ; but in most instances 

 the growers ha\e it in fairly good control. The p<ymt has been 

 reached, indeed, when the owners of these orchards of from 

 10.000 to half a million or more trees must count ujx^.n the scale 

 as a constant factor to be dealt with each year. There is every 

 indication that they have learnt how to do it and on that jxmit 

 my Georgia experience will be again referred to under another 

 head. 



Tuesday. July i<)th. reached h'ort Valley and fomul Mr. W. 

 M. vScott. formerly State i^ntomologist of Georgia, but now with 

 the l\ S. l)e]>artment of .\griculture. Mr. Scott had been in the 

 District for several weeks and from his observations the l)eetle 

 seemed not only to be disap])earing: but that it had done no jx*r- 

 cq)til)le go<Kl even in those places where it was most abundant in 

 1903. It seemed to resoKe itself int(^ a (piestiiMi whether the 



