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  scale. 
  These 
  trees 
  were 
  said 
  by 
  the 
  owner 
  to 
  be 
  grafts 
  from 
  a 
  

   nvirsery 
  at 
  Louisiana, 
  Mo., 
  but 
  as 
  he 
  had 
  received 
  many 
  trees 
  from 
  

   New 
  Jersey 
  whose 
  location 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  sure 
  of, 
  it 
  seems 
  i^robabk-, 
  

   on 
  the 
  whole, 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  the 
  scale. 
  The 
  owner 
  

   promised 
  to 
  root 
  up 
  and 
  burn 
  the 
  trees 
  marked 
  for 
  destruction 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Blair, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  feel 
  that 
  he 
  could 
  afford 
  to 
  disinfect 
  his 
  entire 
  

   two-acre 
  orchard 
  with 
  whale-oil 
  soap. 
  

  

  At 
  Auburn, 
  in 
  this 
  same 
  county, 
  nineteen 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Spring- 
  

   tield, 
  we 
  found 
  live 
  acres 
  of 
  fruit 
  trees 
  belonging 
  to 
  Mr. 
  I. 
  N. 
  Lowe, 
  

   among 
  which 
  two 
  plum-trees, 
  eight 
  apple-, 
  eight 
  pear-, 
  and 
  eleven 
  

   peach-trees, 
  all 
  im^jorted 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey 
  about 
  five 
  years 
  ago, 
  

   were 
  found 
  so 
  badly 
  infested 
  by 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  that 
  the 
  owner 
  

   was 
  advised 
  to 
  dig 
  them 
  up 
  and 
  burn 
  them. 
  The 
  osage 
  orange 
  hedge 
  

   beside 
  this 
  orchard 
  plot 
  was 
  also 
  seriously 
  attacked. 
  It 
  would 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  require 
  six 
  hundred 
  pounds 
  of 
  whale-oil 
  soap 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  

   scale 
  on 
  these 
  premises, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  force-pump, 
  twenty 
  

   feet 
  of 
  hose, 
  and 
  other 
  appliances 
  not 
  now 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Lowe's 
  possession. 
  

   To 
  raise 
  the 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  or 
  so 
  which 
  a 
  thorough 
  disinfection 
  of 
  this 
  

   orchard 
  would 
  require, 
  the 
  owner 
  assured 
  us 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  

   •haul 
  corn 
  to 
  market 
  at 
  thirteen 
  cents 
  a 
  bushel. 
  

  

  Two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Tower 
  Hill, 
  in 
  Shelby 
  County, 
  we 
  

   found 
  two 
  hundred 
  New 
  Jersey 
  pear-trees 
  and 
  eight 
  hundred 
  others, 
  

   together 
  with 
  apples, 
  blackberries, 
  etc., 
  mostly 
  from 
  Illinois. 
  Five 
  

   of 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  trees 
  were 
  badly 
  infested 
  by 
  the 
  scale, 
  and 
  three 
  

   others 
  slightly 
  so. 
  The 
  owner, 
  Mr. 
  Ct. 
  W. 
  Grisso, 
  promised 
  to 
  burn 
  

   the 
  infested 
  trees. 
  

  

  Near 
  Herrick, 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Shelby 
  county, 
  two 
  small 
  

   trees 
  were 
  found, 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  feet 
  in 
  height, 
  completely 
  incrasted 
  

   with 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale. 
  They 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  fruit 
  plantation 
  l)e- 
  

   longing 
  to 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  W. 
  Buchanan, 
  between 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  miles 
  north 
  

   of 
  the 
  town. 
  They 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  1895 
  from 
  an 
  Ohio 
  dealer 
  who 
  

   does 
  not 
  raise 
  trees 
  himself. 
  Adjacent 
  stock, 
  consisting 
  of 
  pear-trees, 
  

   grape 
  vines, 
  apricots, 
  red 
  and 
  black 
  raspberries, 
  and 
  also 
  an 
  apple 
  

   orchard 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  distance 
  removed, 
  were 
  all 
  inspected 
  carefull}' 
  by 
  

   an 
  Assistant 
  of 
  the 
  office, 
  Mr. 
  Braucher. 
  September 
  7, 
  1897, 
  but 
  with- 
  

   out 
  further 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  scale. 
  

  

  From 
  Ernst, 
  in 
  Clark 
  county, 
  twigs 
  from 
  a 
  dwarf 
  Duchess 
  i^ear- 
  

   tree 
  bought 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1894 
  from 
  a 
  Bridgeport, 
  O., 
  nursery, 
  

   were 
  sent 
  me 
  early 
  in 
  December, 
  1896, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  C. 
  Hammerly 
  

   with 
  the 
  request 
  that 
  I 
  would 
  identify 
  the 
  scale 
  upon 
  them, 
  which 
  

   had 
  lately 
  attracted 
  his 
  attention. 
  These 
  twigs 
  were 
  thoroughl}' 
  in- 
  

   crusted 
  with 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale, 
  although 
  a 
  dozen 
  dwarf 
  pears 
  

   bought 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  and 
  fifty 
  more 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

   source 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1895. 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  peach-, 
  cherry-, 
  

   and 
  quince-trees, 
  were 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  perfectly 
  clean. 
  The 
  infested 
  

   tree, 
  however, 
  was 
  incrusted 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  almost 
  

   to 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  twigs. 
  Advised 
  of 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  

   scale 
  by 
  my 
  reply, 
  Mr. 
  Hammerly 
  wrote 
  me 
  on 
  the 
  10th 
  of 
  December 
  

   that 
  he 
  had 
  cut 
  the 
  tree 
  down, 
  sprayed 
  it 
  thoroughly 
  with 
  kerosene, 
  

   and 
  burned 
  it. 
  As 
  this 
  tree 
  came 
  from 
  a 
  source 
  not 
  previously 
  known 
  

  

  