﻿hood 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  worse, 
  for 
  there 
  a 
  general 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  

   made 
  by 
  an 
  experienced 
  observer, 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  W. 
  Braucher, 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  

   discovery 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  in 
  larger 
  or 
  smaller 
  numbers 
  on 
  no 
  less 
  

   than 
  sixty-five 
  farms 
  distributed 
  over 
  an 
  irregular 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  twenty- 
  

   five 
  square 
  miles. 
  Moreover, 
  his 
  inspection 
  was 
  incomplete, 
  and 
  the 
  

   area 
  infested 
  is 
  possibly 
  still 
  considerably 
  larger. 
  In 
  one 
  case 
  the 
  scale 
  

   was 
  even 
  found 
  abundant 
  in 
  a 
  roadside 
  hedge 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  a 
  quarter 
  

   of 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  nearest 
  orchard; 
  and 
  as 
  this 
  whole 
  region 
  still 
  

   retains 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  which 
  originally 
  wholly 
  

   covered 
  it, 
  there 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  in 
  this 
  district 
  a 
  general 
  scattering 
  of 
  

   the 
  scale 
  which 
  no 
  inspection 
  would 
  detect. 
  Its 
  complete 
  extermination 
  

   here 
  I 
  judge 
  to 
  be 
  impracticable 
  without 
  an 
  expenditure 
  of 
  several 
  

   thousand 
  dollars 
  and 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  drastic 
  measures 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  

   applied 
  in 
  the 
  East 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  gypsy 
  moth. 
  

  

  Inspection 
  of 
  Nurseries. 
  

  

  The 
  widespread 
  and 
  active 
  public 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  

   during 
  recent 
  years 
  has 
  had 
  the 
  effect 
  to 
  alarm 
  many 
  prospective 
  pur- 
  

   chasers 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  to 
  prevent 
  or 
  postpone 
  purchase, 
  and 
  to 
  

   arrest 
  the 
  planting 
  and 
  extension 
  of 
  orchards. 
  Several 
  illustrations 
  of 
  

   this 
  fact 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  office 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  inquiries 
  concerning 
  the 
  

   damage 
  to 
  be 
  anticipated 
  in 
  planting 
  or 
  developing 
  orchards 
  at 
  speci- 
  

   fied 
  localities 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  and 
  concerning 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  in 
  

   specified 
  nurseries, 
  which 
  inquiries 
  were 
  sometimes 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  

   statement 
  that 
  contemplated 
  purchases 
  would 
  be 
  deferred 
  until 
  my 
  

   reply 
  was 
  received. 
  

  

  Further, 
  several 
  states 
  to 
  which 
  our 
  nurserymen 
  are 
  accustomed 
  to 
  

   ship 
  stock, 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  amounting 
  to 
  considerable 
  annual 
  sums, 
  have 
  

   passed 
  laws 
  prohibiting 
  the 
  importation 
  into 
  those 
  states 
  of 
  any 
  nursery 
  

   stock 
  not 
  covered 
  by 
  an 
  inspector's 
  certificate 
  of 
  freedom 
  from 
  injurious 
  

   insects. 
  In 
  all 
  such 
  cases 
  regular 
  inspection 
  of 
  nursery 
  stock 
  grown 
  

   within 
  their 
  own 
  limits 
  is 
  of 
  course 
  provided 
  for 
  by 
  law, 
  but 
  no 
  such 
  

   provision 
  being 
  made 
  in 
  Illinois, 
  both 
  local 
  and 
  outside 
  trade 
  was 
  be- 
  

   coming 
  seriously 
  embarrassed 
  for 
  lack 
  of 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  inspection 
  which 
  

   would 
  give 
  assurance 
  of 
  protection 
  to 
  purchasers 
  and 
  enable 
  nurserymen 
  

   to 
  meet 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  export 
  trade. 
  Having 
  at 
  my 
  call 
  or 
  

   already 
  engaged 
  under 
  my 
  direction 
  trained, 
  trustworthy, 
  and 
  experi- 
  

   enced 
  entomologists, 
  capable 
  of 
  making 
  expert 
  inspections 
  upon 
  the 
  

   results 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  felt 
  entirely 
  willing 
  to 
  base 
  official 
  certificates 
  signed 
  

   by 
  myself 
  as 
  State 
  Entomologist, 
  it 
  seemed 
  possible 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  some- 
  

   what 
  difficult 
  situation, 
  outside 
  any 
  requirement 
  of 
  law, 
  by 
  volunteering 
  

   the 
  services 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  to 
  nurserymen 
  on 
  condition 
  that 
  the 
  expenses 
  

  

  