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  injurious 
  insects 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  capable 
  of 
  being 
  conveyed 
  on 
  nursery 
  

   stock 
  to 
  premises 
  free 
  from 
  them 
  necessitated 
  a 
  limitation 
  of 
  the 
  terms 
  

   of 
  the 
  circular 
  to 
  the 
  insects 
  or 
  classes 
  of 
  insects 
  absent 
  from 
  these 
  

   premises, 
  or, 
  if 
  present, 
  incapable 
  of 
  transportation 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  trade. 
  

   No 
  certificate 
  was 
  issued, 
  however, 
  which 
  did 
  not 
  testify 
  to 
  the 
  appar- 
  

   ent 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale. 
  This 
  insect 
  was 
  found, 
  indeed, 
  in 
  

   only 
  one 
  Illinois 
  nursery, 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  one 
  which 
  made 
  a 
  specialty 
  of 
  

   evergreens 
  — 
  not 
  subject 
  to 
  attack 
  by 
  that 
  scale. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  supposed 
  that 
  these 
  inspections 
  would 
  commonly 
  be 
  made 
  

   at 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  growing 
  season, 
  when 
  all 
  important 
  insect 
  

   injuries 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  would 
  be 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  when, 
  furthermore, 
  the 
  

   results 
  of 
  an 
  inspection 
  would 
  remain 
  good 
  until 
  the 
  growing 
  season 
  of 
  

   the 
  following 
  year 
  was 
  fairly 
  well 
  advanced. 
  A 
  certificate 
  issued 
  upon 
  

   such 
  inspection 
  would 
  apply 
  to 
  both 
  the 
  fall 
  shipments 
  of 
  the 
  current 
  

   year 
  and 
  the 
  spring 
  shipments 
  following, 
  but 
  would 
  be 
  valid 
  no 
  longer. 
  

  

  The 
  Illinois 
  nurseries 
  inspected 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  just 
  mentioned 
  

   were, 
  as 
  already 
  said, 
  thirty-four 
  in 
  number, 
  ten 
  in 
  the 
  northern, 
  seven- 
  

   teen 
  in 
  the 
  central, 
  and 
  seven 
  in 
  the 
  southern, 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  Eleven 
  

   of 
  these 
  nurseries 
  were 
  inspected 
  in 
  1897, 
  and 
  nine 
  of 
  these 
  eleven 
  with 
  

   twenty-three 
  others, 
  or 
  thirty-two 
  in 
  all, 
  in 
  i8gH. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  

   nursery 
  inspections 
  for 
  the 
  two 
  years 
  was 
  therefore 
  forty-three. 
  Four- 
  

   teen 
  of 
  these 
  inspections 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Summers, 
  fourteen 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  W. 
  Braucher, 
  eleven 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  B. 
  Forbes, 
  and 
  four 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   E. 
  C. 
  Green. 
  During 
  1897 
  Messrs. 
  Braucher 
  and 
  Forbes 
  were 
  regular. 
  

   Assistants 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  and 
  were 
  detailed 
  for 
  service 
  as 
  inspectors 
  as 
  

   calls 
  came 
  in. 
  They 
  received 
  personally 
  the 
  J>e/' 
  diem 
  earned, 
  their 
  

   regular 
  monthly 
  salaries 
  being 
  suspended 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  devoted 
  to 
  this 
  

   inspection 
  work. 
  Professor 
  Summers, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  was 
  not 
  at 
  the 
  

   time 
  on 
  continuous 
  salary, 
  and 
  was 
  engaged 
  only 
  as 
  needed 
  for 
  this 
  

   service. 
  In 
  1898, 
  Mr. 
  Braucher 
  was 
  engaged 
  as 
  needed 
  for 
  necessary 
  

   inspection, 
  and 
  paid 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  fees; 
  Mr. 
  Forbes 
  was 
  so 
  engaged 
  

   and 
  paid 
  for 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  inspections, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  remainder, 
  while 
  in 
  

   service 
  as 
  a 
  State 
  Laboratory 
  .\ssistant, 
  he 
  received 
  the 
  fee, 
  the 
  time 
  so 
  

   paid 
  being 
  deducted 
  in 
  computing 
  his 
  monthly 
  salary. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  expenditures 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  inspections 
  were 
  $448.30, 
  of 
  

   which 
  $209.45 
  were 
  paid 
  for 
  services 
  of 
  inspectors, 
  the 
  remainder 
  

   ($238.85) 
  being 
  for 
  expenses 
  of 
  travel. 
  The 
  average 
  cost 
  per 
  inspection 
  

   was 
  thus 
  $10.43. 
  The 
  receipts 
  from 
  nurserymen 
  were 
  $429.55, 
  leaving 
  

   a 
  balance 
  of 
  $18.75 
  P^i<^ 
  personally 
  by 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  to 
  inspectors 
  

   and 
  not 
  repaid 
  by 
  nurserymen. 
  

  

  