owiiors of c'heslniiL ti-ees, when noiitied i(. remove tlic dis<,'U^iod speci- 

 inciis, refuse to co-ojM'.rate willi iIm' Coiiiinission. it is lully »'iii|to\vered 

 (() do this work at tlir. expense <»f the owner. (See notei. 



The Commission hejian lis war on liic hli<>ht in the latter pari ol 

 July, 1911, by ])lacino; in llie tield a loice of scouts to loeaie the 

 diseased trees. Dniini; tiie present summer of 1012, the Conmiission 

 Itas in its emi)loy ;ihout t\\<i hundred field agents and scouts to locate 

 infected trees, aiid sec ihai they are removed under tlic ]»rop<'r condi- 

 ti(»ns. 



A (piarantine on chestnut stock was declared which jnohibits 

 the shijtment of nursery stock not bearing; the Commissicm's tag of 

 ins|!ection. This certificate means that the stock has been inspected 

 in the nursery rows, and again after it has been dug. Diseased trees 

 iire destroyed, and those which are ai)iiarently healthy are immersed 

 for several minutes in Bordeaux mixture or limesulphur wash, and 

 iire then tagged by an inspector. Only a comparatively small amount 

 of cliestnut slock was shijiped by the nurseries during the jiast fall. 



