﻿originally 
  to 
  John 
  Baisch* 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  Charles 
  

   Clements. 
  The 
  small 
  orchard 
  contained 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  trees 
  of 
  

   various 
  sizes, 
  and 
  the 
  place 
  was 
  in 
  greatly 
  neglected 
  condition, 
  black- 
  

   berries, 
  raspberries, 
  and 
  gooseberries 
  having 
  grown 
  unchecked, 
  to 
  form 
  

   a 
  dense 
  and 
  almost 
  impenetrable 
  thicket 
  under 
  the 
  orchard 
  trees. 
  There 
  

   were 
  no 
  fruit 
  trees 
  adjacent 
  to 
  this 
  lot 
  except 
  in 
  one 
  direction, 
  across 
  the 
  

   street, 
  and 
  no 
  scale 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  anywhere 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  It 
  was 
  

   abundant, 
  however, 
  on 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  peach-trees 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  lot, 
  

   and 
  had 
  spread 
  from 
  these 
  to 
  blackberries 
  beneath. 
  The 
  owner 
  declined 
  

   to 
  allow 
  any 
  trimming 
  of 
  trees 
  or 
  any 
  removal 
  of 
  shrubbery, 
  but 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Summers 
  made, 
  December 
  8, 
  1897, 
  a 
  persistent 
  effort 
  to 
  spray 
  

   thoroughly 
  everything 
  on 
  this 
  lot, 
  using 
  nearly 
  six 
  hundred 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   soap. 
  The 
  scale 
  was 
  nevertheless 
  found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  September 
  28, 
  

   1898, 
  on 
  about 
  thirty 
  of 
  these 
  trees, 
  the 
  number 
  detected 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   one 
  to 
  twelve 
  per 
  tree, 
  except 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  instance, 
  apparently 
  over- 
  

   looked 
  earlier, 
  of 
  a 
  peach-tree 
  thickly 
  infested 
  throughout. 
  

  

  At 
  West 
  Salem, 
  visited 
  by 
  Mr, 
  Braucher 
  February 
  4, 
  1898, 
  all 
  the 
  

   trees 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  infested 
  on 
  Mr. 
  Fishel's 
  premises 
  were 
  sprayed, 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  with 
  adjacent 
  trees 
  for 
  six 
  rows 
  in 
  one 
  direction 
  and 
  four 
  in 
  

   another. 
  Sixty-one 
  trees 
  were 
  treated 
  in 
  all, 
  ranging 
  from 
  six 
  to 
  eigh- 
  

   teen 
  feet 
  in 
  height. 
  From 
  Mr. 
  Braucher's 
  report 
  of 
  a 
  visit 
  made 
  

   October 
  28, 
  1898, 
  it 
  appears, 
  however, 
  that 
  this 
  spraying 
  was 
  not 
  carried 
  

   far 
  enough, 
  as 
  he 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  a 
  few 
  infested 
  trees 
  outside 
  the 
  area 
  

   sprayed, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  eighteen 
  within 
  the 
  area 
  which 
  still 
  carried 
  a 
  very 
  

   few 
  living 
  scales 
  each. 
  

  

  The 
  infested 
  orchard 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Frame, 
  three 
  and 
  a 
  

   half 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Alhambra, 
  in 
  Madison 
  county, 
  was 
  treated 
  February 
  

   25, 
  1898, 
  twenty-one 
  trees 
  being 
  cut 
  down 
  and 
  destroyed 
  and 
  thirteen 
  

   others 
  sprayed 
  after 
  heroic 
  cutting 
  back. 
  The 
  weather 
  continued 
  steady 
  

   for 
  several 
  weeks 
  after 
  spraying, 
  and 
  the 
  soap 
  could 
  still 
  be 
  seen 
  upon 
  

   the 
  trees 
  a 
  month 
  after 
  it 
  was 
  applied. 
  Visited 
  September 
  23d 
  and 
  24th 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Green, 
  it 
  was 
  plain 
  not 
  only 
  that 
  the 
  treatment 
  was 
  but 
  partially 
  

   effective 
  but 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  scale 
  attack 
  had 
  extended 
  farther 
  than 
  was 
  

   supposed 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  spray 
  was 
  applied. 
  From 
  one 
  to 
  a 
  dozen 
  

   scales 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  trees, 
  apple, 
  peach, 
  pear, 
  and 
  

   plum, 
  still 
  standing 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  this 
  orchard. 
  The 
  trees 
  had 
  

   made 
  an 
  excellent 
  growth, 
  and 
  the 
  living 
  scales 
  remaining 
  were 
  usually 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  trunk 
  beneath 
  a 
  thick 
  crust 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  or 
  in 
  deep 
  cracks 
  

   where 
  young 
  shoots 
  started 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  wood. 
  

  

  At 
  Walnut 
  Prairie 
  both 
  Mr. 
  Cline's 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Kreager's 
  orchards 
  

   were 
  sprayed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  March 
  15 
  to 
  18, 
  1898, 
  fifty-six 
  trees 
  and 
  

  

  *See 
  Twentieth 
  Rep. 
  State 
  Ent. 
  111., 
  p. 
  10. 
  

  

  