﻿— 
  I? 
  — 
  

  

  grounds; 
  but 
  to 
  make 
  assurance 
  doubly 
  sure 
  I 
  required 
  the 
  destruction 
  

   of 
  all 
  stock 
  on 
  tlje 
  infested 
  premises 
  which 
  could 
  possibly 
  harbor 
  and 
  

   maintain 
  the 
  scale, 
  designating 
  the 
  various 
  lots 
  and 
  kinds 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  

   shrubbery 
  objected 
  to. 
  This 
  requirement 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  good 
  by 
  January 
  

   1 
  6th, 
  and 
  an 
  unqualified 
  certificate 
  of 
  apparent 
  freedom 
  from 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  

   scale 
  and 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  dangerous 
  insects 
  and 
  from 
  fungous 
  diseases 
  

   capable 
  of 
  being 
  transported 
  with 
  nursery 
  stock 
  to 
  the 
  injury 
  of 
  cus- 
  

   tomers 
  was 
  issued 
  under 
  that 
  date. 
  

  

  At 
  Monroe 
  Center, 
  in 
  Ogle 
  county, 
  the 
  single 
  pear-tree 
  originally 
  

   first 
  infested 
  had 
  been 
  cut 
  off 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  burned 
  by 
  the 
  

   owner, 
  and 
  the 
  bark 
  had 
  been 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  stump 
  for 
  some 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  Two 
  shoots 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  feet 
  high 
  which 
  

   afterward 
  grew 
  up 
  from 
  this 
  stump 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1897, 
  showed 
  no 
  

   signs 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  November 
  i8th 
  of 
  that 
  year. 
  Traces 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  were 
  

   found, 
  however, 
  on 
  two 
  eight-year 
  old 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  cherry-trees 
  

   and 
  on 
  some 
  sprouts 
  of 
  another 
  pear-tree 
  near 
  by. 
  All 
  the 
  infested 
  

   bushes 
  and 
  trees 
  on 
  this 
  lot 
  and 
  everything 
  near 
  by 
  were 
  thoroughly 
  

   sprayed 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  with 
  whale-oil 
  soap 
  — 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  trees 
  

   and 
  shrubs 
  in 
  all, 
  including 
  peach, 
  pear, 
  cherry, 
  apple, 
  and 
  plum, 
  grape, 
  

   goosebery, 
  currant> 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  cherry, 
  etc., 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  scale 
  could 
  

   be 
  found 
  on 
  these 
  or 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  surrounding 
  vegetation 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Green, 
  

   who 
  visited 
  this 
  place 
  September 
  9, 
  1898, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  ascertain- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  treatment. 
  

  

  On 
  Mr. 
  Jacob 
  Winzeler's 
  place, 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Tre- 
  

   mont, 
  everything 
  on 
  the 
  premises 
  liable 
  to 
  attack 
  by 
  the 
  scale 
  was 
  

   sprayed 
  with 
  whale-oil 
  soap 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  March 
  28, 
  1898. 
  Nine 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  forty 
  fruit-trees 
  and 
  shrubs 
  were 
  thus 
  treated, 
  and 
  also 
  fifteen 
  

   large 
  maple-trees 
  about 
  forty 
  feet 
  high. 
  On 
  a 
  visit 
  of 
  inspection 
  made 
  

   nearly 
  six 
  months 
  later 
  (September 
  14th) 
  Mr. 
  Braucher 
  reported 
  that 
  he 
  

   found 
  a 
  few 
  living 
  young 
  San 
  Jose 
  scales, 
  about 
  half 
  grown, 
  on 
  three 
  

   large 
  peach-trees, 
  but 
  that 
  otherwise 
  the 
  premises 
  seemed 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  

   scale. 
  The 
  large 
  maple-trees 
  had 
  been 
  badly 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  spray, 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  branches 
  having 
  been 
  killed, 
  evidently 
  by 
  the 
  drip 
  

   from 
  the 
  branches 
  above.* 
  

  

  On 
  Mr, 
  P. 
  B. 
  Stem's 
  place, 
  three 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Manito, 
  

   two 
  hundred 
  peach-trees 
  and 
  twenty-five 
  apple- 
  and 
  quince-trees 
  were 
  

   cut 
  out, 
  and 
  also 
  twenty 
  rods 
  of 
  osage-orange 
  hedge. 
  Nine 
  hundred 
  

   trees 
  were 
  treated 
  in^his 
  orchard, 
  ranging 
  in 
  age 
  from 
  six 
  to 
  ten 
  years. 
  

   As 
  none 
  of 
  these 
  had 
  ever 
  been 
  trimmed, 
  about 
  three 
  days' 
  work 
  of 
  four 
  

   men 
  was 
  required 
  to 
  prepare 
  them 
  for 
  treatment: 
  The 
  spraying 
  upon 
  

   the 
  7th 
  and 
  Sth 
  of 
  April, 
  1898, 
  was 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  heavy 
  shower 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  * 
  All 
  infested 
  trees 
  since 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  