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years, two weeks ago, I got u]) at .six o'clock, aiul fouiMl ovci- 

 seventy-five trees by this smi mcdiod in a |)hic(' tluit we iiad gone 

 over three times before, and we were truly surprised. 



I notice that some of the experts are laughing, but I will 

 wager that I will take anyone to my tract, and they will pass 

 by the trees referred to as nninfested. I will then cut these 

 trees down and show them the blight. 



These trees are jnst as dangerons as the trees infected with 

 the blight from top to bottom. If you think you do not have 

 the blight among your trees, sacrifice a few trees that look 

 suspicious, and the chances are that you will see it on the top 

 branches. If it is possible to get up on some liigh point over- 

 looking your forest, and you notice brown or yellow patches 

 of tree tops, go and cut the trees doAvn in those spots whether 

 you see the blight or not. Take no chances, because it is a 

 disease that you can take no chances with. 



I want to tell you another thing. We may not be able to 

 control the blight by cutting down the trees, but it is worth 

 while taking the chances, and all these men who have property, 

 I think have money enough to take the chances. I would advise 

 cutting down the trees quickly in the forests. Do it tomorrow, 

 because winter time is the best time. The spores are in their 

 winter quarters and are less likely to be blown around. Cut 

 them down, bark them and, if j)ossible, try to burn up all the 

 leaves and brush in the infected areas. If necessary, sacrifice 

 that area. Put all the branches and bark over the stumps and 

 spray them with coal oil or better, cheap crude oil. Buy one of 

 those cheap sprayers, costing about six dollars, and atomize 

 the oil. You will find that a few gallons will cover a number 

 of stumps and enable you to burn the stump doAvn to the ground. 

 It will kill all the spores and borers. On the first application 

 of the heat, the bark peels aAvay from the stump, and that 

 presents the spores and borers to the flame where they are 

 destroyed at once. Burning the stumps is better than peeling 

 them, because when you peel off the bark, you lose some of the 

 bark or shake the spores out on the ground. 



This bottled specimen which I have shows that the spores 

 will live three and one half years. This should show you the 

 necessity of killing all the spores possible. 



