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ed, and some of them were almost completely incrusted by the 

 scale. 



No. 2. In the apple orchard of Levi Walker, a few trees along" 

 one side were found infested and also an adjoining Osage orang-e 

 hedg-e. This place was fumigated January 8 and 9, during a Jan- 

 uary thaw following upon two days of rain. January 8 mud and 

 water were ankle deep in that part of the orchard where the work 

 was done The canvas became very heavy and five men were 

 needed to handle the tents. One hundred and thirty-five trees 

 were fumigated, ranging- in heig-ht from twelve to twenty feet, 

 and the infested Osage orange hedge was cut out about a month 

 later. Forty-seven rods of high and heavy hedg-e were cut away, 

 and the stumps were sprayed with strong- kerosene emulsion. 



March 7 to 12, 1902, this orchard and hedge were examined by 

 Mr. Braucher. An occasional tree was found slig-hly infested with 

 the scale in that part of the orchard fumig-ated two years before, 

 and the hedge, which had grown up from the roots, was ag-ain 

 badly infested. 



No. 3. In a small orchard belonging- to I. H. Jones forty-seven 

 trees were fumig-ated January 10-12. One old peach-tree was des- 

 troyed, and two plum-trees were subsequently sprayed with kero- 

 sene emulsion. March 15, 1902, three trees on this place were 

 found slightly infested with the scale. 



No. 4. January 12, sixty apple- and pear-trees of medium size 

 and smaller were fumigated in a small infested orchard belonging- 

 to Mr. James Ewing, many of them completely incrusted by the 

 scale. March 14, 1902, only three infested trees could be found on 

 this place, and the scale was scarce on these. 



No. 5. In the orchard of George McCoy, composed of trees of 

 medium size or larger, were a few slightly infested trees. All 

 these were fumigated January 13, together with others around 

 them for several rows in all directions, one hundred and thirty- 

 eig-ht trees in all. Owing- to the discovery of a sing-le suspicious 

 scale on an adjoining Osage orange hedge a considerable section 

 of the hedge was destroyed February 10. March 6, 1902, the part 

 of this orchard treated two years before had ag-ain become slightly 

 infested, and the adjoining hedg-e was reported as in bad condition 

 from the presence of the scale. 



No. 6. The orchard of Jasper Wilgus was generally and vari- 

 ously infested, many of the trees being in rather bad condition. 

 Two hundred and seventy-eight small to medium trees were fumi- 

 gated here on the 15th and 16th of January, two hundred peach- 

 and apple-trees were destroyed by the owner as worthless, and one 



