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  fifty-five 
  bushes 
  on 
  Mr. 
  Cline's 
  place 
  and 
  sixteen 
  large 
  trees 
  on 
  Mr. 
  

   Kreager's. 
  Operations 
  here 
  were 
  much 
  hindered 
  by 
  rains, 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  spraying 
  was 
  repeated 
  on 
  this 
  account. 
  These 
  premises 
  were 
  

   inspected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Braucher, 
  October 
  13, 
  1898. 
  Mr. 
  Cline's 
  orchard 
  

   still 
  gave 
  evidence 
  of 
  having 
  been 
  very 
  badly 
  attacked 
  by 
  the 
  scale, 
  and 
  

   living 
  scales 
  were 
  found 
  upon 
  it 
  in 
  sufficient 
  number 
  to 
  reproduce 
  the 
  

   difficulty 
  within 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years. 
  On 
  Mr. 
  Kreager's 
  place, 
  originally 
  

   infested 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Cline's, 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  condition 
  of 
  things 
  was 
  

   found. 
  The 
  transplanted 
  plum-tree 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  scale 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  

   these 
  premises 
  had 
  been 
  very 
  severely 
  cut 
  back 
  and 
  verythoroughly 
  

   treated 
  with 
  whale-oil 
  soap, 
  which 
  was 
  rubbed 
  irv 
  by 
  hand 
  and 
  applied 
  

   so 
  freely 
  that 
  it 
  formed 
  a 
  pool 
  around 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  trunk. 
  Neverthe- 
  

   less, 
  many 
  living 
  scales 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  this 
  tree 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Braucher 
  in 
  

   October, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  young- 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  Several 
  other 
  

   trees 
  on 
  these 
  premises 
  were 
  likewise 
  still 
  infested 
  with 
  living 
  scales, 
  

   which 
  were 
  found 
  also 
  on 
  two 
  peach-trees 
  not 
  sprayed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Green. 
  

   The 
  imperfect 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  insecticide 
  treatment 
  of 
  these 
  orchards 
  is 
  

   doubtless 
  to 
  be 
  attributed 
  mainly 
  to 
  the 
  accompanying 
  rains. 
  

  

  At 
  Mt. 
  Carmel, 
  five 
  trees 
  were 
  dug 
  out 
  and 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  sixty- 
  

   two 
  were 
  sprayed, 
  belonging 
  to 
  eleven 
  different 
  owners 
  living 
  on 
  five 
  

   adjacent 
  blocks. 
  About 
  eighty 
  feet 
  of 
  infested 
  osage-orange 
  hedge 
  was 
  

   also 
  cut 
  out 
  and 
  destroyed. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  large 
  and 
  full 
  of 
  

   branches, 
  necessitating 
  much 
  pruning 
  as 
  a 
  preparation 
  for 
  the 
  spray. 
  

   One 
  owner 
  refused 
  my 
  agent 
  admission 
  to 
  his 
  premises, 
  although 
  an 
  

   inspection 
  on 
  a 
  previous 
  visit 
  had 
  determined 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  

   on 
  his 
  trees. 
  

  

  Subsequent 
  inspection 
  showed 
  that 
  the 
  scale 
  was 
  much 
  more 
  widely 
  

   distributed 
  at 
  Mt. 
  Carmel 
  than 
  was 
  supposed 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  this 
  spraying 
  

   was 
  done 
  It 
  was 
  found, 
  indeed, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Braucher, 
  late 
  in 
  October, 
  on 
  no 
  

   less 
  than 
  fifteen 
  blocks, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  had, 
  of 
  course, 
  not 
  been 
  sprayed, 
  

   and 
  even 
  on 
  those 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  treated 
  with 
  the 
  whale-oil 
  soap 
  it 
  had 
  

   not 
  been 
  completely 
  eradicated 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  one. 
  The 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  

   insecticide 
  to 
  exterminate 
  the 
  scale 
  is 
  well 
  illustrated 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   twenty-five 
  trees 
  and 
  bushes 
  were 
  found 
  infested 
  in 
  October 
  upon 
  a 
  lot 
  

   (Mrs. 
  Deischer's) 
  where 
  forty-eight 
  had 
  been 
  sprayed 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   March, 
  and 
  that 
  twenty-three 
  were 
  still 
  infested 
  in 
  an 
  adjoining 
  lot 
  

   (belonging 
  to 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  K. 
  Stees) 
  where 
  thirty-two 
  had 
  been 
  sprayed 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Green. 
  

  

  The 
  situation 
  at 
  Richview 
  proved 
  on 
  continued 
  inspection 
  to 
  be 
  

   much 
  more 
  serious 
  than 
  was 
  at 
  first 
  anticipated, 
  the 
  scale 
  being 
  so 
  wide- 
  

   spread 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  impracticable 
  for 
  us 
  within 
  the 
  time 
  remaining 
  

   last 
  spring 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  funds 
  at 
  my 
  disposal, 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  procedure 
  

  

  