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  lar. 
  Indeed, 
  three 
  owners 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  thirty 
  or 
  more 
  concerned 
  posi- 
  

   tively 
  objected 
  to 
  have 
  their 
  premises 
  entered 
  on. 
  Two 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  

   finally 
  prevailed 
  upon 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  tact 
  and 
  persistence, 
  but 
  the 
  third 
  

   successfully 
  resisted 
  the 
  persuasions 
  of 
  the 
  agent 
  of 
  my 
  office, 
  and 
  his 
  

   premises 
  were 
  necessarily 
  left 
  without 
  treatment. 
  As 
  illustrations 
  of 
  

   the 
  difficulties 
  encountered, 
  the 
  following 
  items 
  from 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Summers 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  interest: 
  

  

  " 
  Stepping 
  into 
  the 
  yard 
  of 
  Mr. 
  ," 
  writes 
  Mr. 
  Green, 
  "I 
  met 
  

  

  an 
  angry 
  old 
  gentleman 
  who 
  vehemently 
  ordered 
  me 
  to 
  move 
  on, 
  saying 
  

   that 
  his 
  trees 
  did 
  not 
  need 
  any 
  inspection. 
  I 
  tried 
  to 
  tell 
  him 
  about 
  the 
  

   scale, 
  and 
  referred 
  him 
  to 
  his 
  neighbors 
  who 
  were 
  having 
  their 
  trees 
  

   examined, 
  assuring 
  him 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  charge 
  for 
  the 
  inspection 
  or 
  

   the 
  work. 
  He 
  would 
  listen 
  to 
  nothing, 
  however, 
  but 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  

   old 
  enough 
  to 
  care 
  for 
  his 
  own 
  trees 
  and 
  didn't 
  ask 
  the 
  state 
  to 
  look 
  

   after 
  him. 
  The 
  last 
  legislature, 
  he 
  said, 
  was 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  thieves 
  and 
  rob- 
  

   bers, 
  and 
  had 
  started 
  a 
  scale 
  scare 
  to 
  furnish 
  fat 
  salaries 
  for 
  two 
  of 
  its 
  

   favorites; 
  then 
  further 
  remarked 
  that 
  a 
  man 
  had 
  been 
  there 
  some 
  time 
  

   before 
  who 
  had 
  gone 
  across 
  his 
  lot 
  without 
  permission, 
  and 
  that 
  now 
  he 
  

   would 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  me. 
  I 
  finally 
  apologized 
  for 
  troubling 
  

   him 
  and 
  left." 
  

  

  "At 
  • 
  ■ 
  walked 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  Mr. 
  , 
  three 
  miles 
  

  

  from 
  town. 
  The 
  oldest 
  son, 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  about 
  twenty-five, 
  showed 
  me 
  the 
  

   infested 
  trees, 
  the 
  mother 
  also 
  coming 
  along. 
  Some 
  Japanese 
  plums 
  ;r 
  

   one 
  corner 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  peach 
  and 
  apple 
  orchard 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  stages 
  Oi 
  

   disease, 
  completely 
  infested 
  by 
  the 
  scale. 
  In 
  another 
  lot 
  were 
  several 
  

   pear-trees, 
  all 
  badly 
  infested 
  and 
  some 
  dead. 
  Both 
  mother 
  and 
  son 
  

   tried 
  to 
  convince 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  trees 
  did 
  not 
  need 
  treatment, 
  or 
  at 
  any 
  

   rate 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  wash 
  off 
  the 
  scales 
  themselves 
  with 
  their 
  own 
  soft 
  

   soap. 
  I 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  trees 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  sure 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  abso- 
  

   lutely 
  necessary 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  treat 
  with 
  whale-oil 
  soap, 
  but 
  they 
  said 
  noth- 
  

   ing. 
  I 
  asked 
  if 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  sons 
  could 
  take 
  me 
  back 
  to 
  town 
  that 
  after- 
  

   noon 
  and 
  bring 
  out 
  the 
  apparatus 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  come. 
  They 
  said 
  the 
  boys 
  

   were 
  busy 
  and 
  had 
  no 
  time 
  to 
  spare; 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  friend 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  

   the 
  train 
  that 
  afternoon, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  girls 
  hitched 
  up 
  a 
  horse 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  ride 
  with 
  them. 
  I 
  found 
  my 
  spraying 
  apparatus 
  at 
  the 
  depot 
  

   and 
  sent 
  back 
  a 
  note 
  by 
  the 
  girl 
  asking 
  that 
  the 
  team 
  be 
  sent 
  for 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  

   morning. 
  Starting 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  on 
  foot, 
  I 
  met 
  the 
  team 
  with 
  a 
  girl 
  

   driving. 
  She 
  said 
  she 
  was 
  going 
  for 
  a 
  load 
  of 
  brick, 
  and 
  would 
  not 
  

   bring 
  out 
  my 
  material 
  without 
  orders 
  from 
  home. 
  I 
  presently 
  found 
  a 
  

   neighbor 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  who 
  agreed 
  to 
  bring 
  my 
  apparatus 
  out 
  that 
  day 
  

   as 
  he 
  returned 
  from 
  hauling 
  a 
  load 
  of 
  wheat 
  to 
  town, 
  and 
  I 
  sent 
  word 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  that 
  I 
  would 
  be 
  out 
  to 
  spray 
  his 
  trees, 
  asking 
  him 
  to 
  have 
  

  

  