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pletely destroyed by the owner because of injury by the scale. The 

 trees remaining* were mainly apple and pear, most of them very 

 badly infested. One hundred and seventy trees were fumigated 

 here November 24-27, hig-h winds causing- considerable trouble. 

 September 12 of the following- year no badly infested trees were 

 seen, but living- scales were found on thirty per cent, of the trees. 



No. 4. On the place of Jefferson Porch both peach- and apple- 

 trees were badly infested. The fumig-ation squad was here from 

 November 28 to December 2, treating- eig-hty trees of medium size. 

 September 11 of the following- year living- scales were found on 

 fifty-three per cent, of the trees, but were numerous on none. 



No. 5. On the place of J. K. Blair ninety-one peach-trees were 

 fumigated November 6 and 8, some of these badly infested and 

 others slig-htly so. Twenty-eig-ht larg-e old apple- and peach-trees 

 were marked for removal. Those fumig-ated were planted so close 

 tog-ether that they could be treated only with great difficulty, and 

 the canvas was badly torn in the operation. The treatment proved, 

 however, to be unusually effective, and living- scales were found 

 September 8, 1900, on only two of the trees. A plum-tree badly 

 infested when fumigated appeared at this time to be entirely free 

 of living scales. 



No. 6. In an orchard of several acres belonging to Sylvester 

 Brown most of the trees were infested, some of them badly so. 

 Many of them were large, requiring two of the largest tents to cover 

 them. Ninety-one trees were fumigated November 8-11, and 

 thirty-five were marked for removal, eight of them large old apple- 

 trees. September 10, 1900, but five infested trees could be found 

 in this orchard, and on one of the old apple-trees badly infested 

 the preceding year not a living scale could be detected. 



No. 7. November 18-23, two hundred and twelve small to 

 medium trees were fumigated on Mr. James Davidson's place, a 

 few apple- and two pear-trees too large to be covered by tents be- 

 ing left for the spraying gang. September 11, 1900, living scales 

 were found on four of these trees, but all the others were appar- 

 ently clean. 



No. 8. November 23 and 24, twenty-three trees were fumi- 

 gated, together with a few grape-vines, on the place of Charles 

 Lott. Although a strong north wind made the handling of the 

 tents unusually difficult, no living scales could be found on this 

 place September 11, 1900, except on one apple-tree left for removal 

 by the owner as worthless, but which he had failed to destroy. 



No. 9. December 4, 1899, seventy small trees were fumigated 

 on William Wilson's place, thirty per cent, of which were found 



