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Doitor Bali.. Its ilHiim«;(' is not so imii-h to the orofiuction of tlic* 

 (■ro|)s as it is to the sale of tlii'tn on accoiiiit of the (iistril)iitioi) of the 

 luij;. If we take olf this (|iiaraiit iM(> an<l allow froe tnovpinent thon 

 its <lama<;t' to the truck crops will luA ho ^^rcat ; its «laitia<;o is to tho 

 meadow ;;rass»'s in its i^'iiih ^tn;^c and to the fruit, cherries, aj){)I(>H, 

 |)<Miches. and grapes, and ji lar;;e lunnher of shftd«' trors in the hoctlo 

 stajje. It does not dainajjce tlie truck to any j^reat extent hut it 

 daina<;es the sale of it. The a|)[)rc»|)rintion you are heinj^ asked t<» 

 consi(ler now contains no it<MU at all for Miainlannr><; this «|inirantuie 

 a«;ainst truck crops hut does contain money to maintain the (piaran- 

 tine on nursery stock whi<h will jjo all over the I'nited States. 



I>KHTRC(TI<>N OP COKN, THKKH, KTI' , HY BKKTI.K. 



Mr. lUcMA.NAN. ^ ou say it attacks sweet com: doc^ it ever attack 

 ordinary corn i 



Doctor QiAiNTANCK. '\\> a limited extent. 



Mr. BrcnAXAN. Do vou have any rea.son to helieve that it will 

 hecomc a menace to oroinary <'orn * 



Doctor QiAi.NTANCK. I do not believe it will. 



Mr. Bi'ciiAXAN. It goes in the end of the ear just like the old corn 

 w«)rm ( 



Doctor t^iAiNTANCK. Yes. sir. 



Mr. BiHiiANAN. Is it like the old corn worm? 



Doctor OuAiXTANCE. Xo; it is a little bronze colored beetle, 

 about that long [indicating]. 



Mr. Bi {'iiANAX. Is it a worm i 



Doctor Qi AiXTAXCE. No; it is a hardshelled beetle. 



Doctor Ball. It is a blue June buo;. 



Mr. AxDKK.soN. You say that in the beetle stage it attacks both^ 

 fruit and foliage ( 



Doctor Qi.uxTAXcE. Yes, sir. 



Mr. AxDERSON. To what extent does it eat the foliage i 



Doctor QiAiXT.vxcE. It will deft)liate trees. 



Mr. AxDEU.sox. Then it will kill them? 



Doctor QiAi.NTAXCE. It will kill them; yes. 1 have seen old ap])le 

 trees almost defoliated as well as the young growth in many orchards. 



Mr. Andersox. Do you have any reason to believe that it will be- 

 come so numerous in the infested area that if not curbed it will de- 

 stroy all the trees ? 



Doctor QiAixTANCE. There is every indication of that. Since the 

 insect was found in the center of this territory it has been increasing 

 at a verv ra]>id i-ate. This summer it occurretl literally by the thou- 

 sands where it occurred by huiulreds last year. 



Doctor liALL. In the center of that area they stripped every sinj^le 

 leaf off of practically every cherry tree within an area of a mile 

 s<|uare. 



Mr. BucHAXAX. If this beetle feeds on leaves, why is it not ea.sy 

 enough to poison it ? 



Mr. C^i AIXTAXCE. it is very sensitisi- to any foreign matter (»n 

 the foliage, and often refuses to eat. 



Mr. BiTHAXAN. Does it feed on a specific kind of trees, or does it 

 feed on nearly everything? 



.Mr. (^rAfXTAX< E. It feeds (.n about everything, including weeds. 



