THE SAN JOSE SCALE. 



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11, Any person neglecting to 

 carry out the provisions of 

 tiiis Act, or any person offering 

 any hindrance to the carrying 

 out of this Act shall, upon sum- 

 mary conviction, be liable to 

 a fine of not less than $20 nor 

 more than $100 together with 

 costs, and in default of payment 

 thereof shall be subject to im- 

 prisonment in the common jail 

 for a period of not less than ten 

 days nor more than thirty 

 days. 



12. The Lieutenant-Gover- 

 nor in Council may by or<ler 

 direct that other scale inticcts 

 than the San Jose Scale may be 

 included in the provisions of 

 this Act, and therefore during 

 the continuance of such Order- 

 in-Council the word " scale" in 

 this Act shall include all other 

 scale insects. Public notice of 

 such Order-in-Council shall be 

 given by publication in two suc- 

 cessive issues of The Ontario 

 Gazette. 



The importance of pre- 

 ventive measures is further 

 shown by the statement of 

 Prof. Siedman, Missouri, 



Fig. 1285. -Appearance of scale on bark, n, infested twig tUof already this oest has 

 natural size, h, bark as it appears under hand lens, show- "^ -i • c a \ 



ing scales in various stages of development and young larvfe. done several millions 01 QOl- 



9. Any person appointed by the Minister 

 under this Act to inspect, or to destroy any 

 plant, for the purpose of enforcing the pro- 

 visions of the Act, shall, upon producing his 

 authority in writing, have free access to any 

 nursery, orchard, store, storeroom, or other 

 place where it is known, or suspected, that 

 any plant is kept. 



10. Upon the recommendation of the Minis- 

 ter there may be paid out of the Consolida- 

 ted Revenue Fund of the Province to the 

 owner of any plant (not including fruit) so 

 destroyed a sum not exceeding one-fourth of 

 the value thereof as reported upon by such 

 officer or other competent person, appointed 

 as aforesaid, but nothing in this section shall 

 apply to any plant imported into the Pro- 

 vince within a period of one year prior to the 

 examination by the olficer aforesaid. 



lars damage in California ; and threa- 

 tens to be still more destructive in the 

 East. Its first appearance on the Con- 

 tinent was in San Jose, in 1873, having 

 been brought there from South America. 

 Within twelve years it has infested every 

 fruit section of that State, and reached 

 the orchards of Oregon and Washington. 



In 1892 it was found in New Mexico, 

 and also in several eastern states, more 

 especially New Jersey, whither it was 

 brought on some Japan plum stock. 



Evidently this pest will infest every 

 orchard in Canada within the next ten 

 years, unless the greatest promptitude is 

 taken to destroy it. 



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