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  soap. 
  From 
  seventy-five 
  to 
  ninety-five 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   buds 
  on 
  the 
  peach-trees 
  had 
  been 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  January 
  treatment, 
  but 
  

   buds 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  trees 
  were 
  apparently 
  uninjured. 
  Spray 
  applied 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  March 
  had, 
  however, 
  killed 
  many 
  buds 
  on 
  plum- 
  

   and 
  pear-trees. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Howard, 
  in 
  Edgar 
  county, 
  a 
  short 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  from 
  Sandford, 
  Ind., 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  January, 
  1898, 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  

   infested 
  currant 
  bushes 
  had 
  been 
  dug 
  out 
  and 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  owner, 
  

   and 
  that 
  the 
  woodland 
  brush 
  next 
  the 
  infested 
  field 
  had 
  been 
  partly 
  

   cleared 
  off 
  and 
  burned. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  owner's 
  intention, 
  in 
  fact, 
  to 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  this 
  work 
  the 
  following 
  spring 
  as 
  a 
  safeguard 
  against 
  the 
  possible 
  

   perpetuation 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  in 
  this 
  situation. 
  A 
  plat 
  of 
  quince 
  bushes 
  and 
  

   some 
  rows 
  of 
  apple-trees 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  infested 
  grounds 
  were 
  

   sprayed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Braucher 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  although 
  no 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  was 
  

   detected 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  or 
  shrubs. 
  Another 
  inspection 
  made 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Braucher 
  October 
  11, 
  1898, 
  gave 
  a 
  similar 
  negative 
  result, 
  and 
  it 
  

   seems 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  has 
  been 
  exterminated 
  at 
  this 
  point. 
  

   At 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Evinger's 
  place 
  near 
  Vermilion, 
  Edgar 
  county, 
  to 
  

   which 
  the 
  scale 
  had 
  been 
  transferred 
  by 
  purchase 
  of 
  currant 
  bushes 
  

   from 
  the 
  premises 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Howard, 
  just 
  mentioned, 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  

   was 
  found 
  on 
  only 
  three 
  currant 
  bushes 
  among 
  some 
  four 
  hundred 
  in 
  

   the 
  plantation, 
  and 
  on 
  these 
  it 
  was 
  so 
  scarce 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  little 
  likely 
  

   that 
  it 
  had 
  spread 
  to 
  adjacent 
  plants. 
  All 
  the 
  currant 
  bushes 
  in 
  this 
  

   plantation, 
  together 
  with 
  eighteen 
  small 
  plum-trees 
  near 
  by, 
  were 
  

   thoroughly 
  sprayed 
  January 
  4, 
  1898, 
  and 
  October 
  nth 
  no 
  San 
  Jose 
  

   scale 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  this 
  place. 
  

  

  The 
  colony 
  on 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Eckert, 
  three 
  miles 
  from 
  

   Collinsville, 
  was 
  visited 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  February 
  18, 
  1898, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  

   to 
  its 
  destruction. 
  It 
  had 
  by 
  this 
  time 
  made 
  considerable 
  progress, 
  as 
  

   is 
  shown 
  by 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  observer's 
  notes 
  with 
  the 
  statement 
  

   published 
  on 
  page 
  10 
  -of 
  my 
  last 
  Report. 
  Trees 
  then 
  slightly 
  infested 
  

   were 
  found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  stages 
  of 
  disease 
  from 
  scale 
  attack; 
  

   and 
  where 
  one 
  badly 
  infested 
  pear-tree 
  was 
  reported 
  previously 
  sixty 
  pear- 
  

   trees 
  were 
  now 
  badly 
  infested 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  dead. 
  Work 
  here 
  was 
  

   retarded 
  by 
  rain 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  reluctance 
  of 
  the 
  owner 
  to 
  allow 
  his 
  trees 
  to 
  

   be 
  sprayed. 
  Five 
  trees 
  were 
  finally 
  dug 
  out 
  and 
  burned, 
  however, 
  and 
  

   forty-eight 
  sprayed. 
  The 
  spraying 
  was, 
  unfortunately, 
  followed 
  within 
  

   twelve 
  hours 
  by 
  about 
  eight 
  hours' 
  rain. 
  Twenty-two 
  trees 
  were 
  found 
  

   still 
  slightly 
  infested 
  on 
  these 
  premises 
  September 
  27, 
  1898, 
  when 
  

   revisited 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Green, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  scales 
  detected 
  varying 
  from 
  one 
  

   to 
  twenty 
  on 
  each 
  tree. 
  

  

  At 
  Mascoutah 
  the 
  infested 
  premises 
  described 
  as 
  belonging 
  

  

  