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the life of the trees. What are you going to do with it? 

 We have taken hold of it in New York and got $10,000 

 appropriated last winter. I do not know as we are ever 

 going to exterminate it, but I do comprehend that it is 

 going to require considerable work before we can say that 

 we have it in check. If you or I or some of our scientists 

 could tell just how it is disseminated, how it spreads, how- 

 it is carried from tree to tree, the case would be somewhat 

 different ; but I have not yet seen the man who is wise 

 enough to tell me. You may go into an orchard and find a 

 tree infested, and skip ten or fifteen trees where you will 

 find none and then come to an infested tree. I do not 

 understand it, and I do not know as anybody does. Some 

 varieties of trees are somewhat exempt. It is rarely found 

 on sour cherry trees, while it will be found on the sweet. I 

 think I differ with Mr. Hale on the question of this scale. 



Mr. Hale. Not a bit. 



Mr. Willard. I am glad to hear that we agree once. 



Question. Does the scale work on young trees? 



Mr. Willard. Yes, sir. If you can find anything under 

 heaven aside from the few varieties I referred to that it will 

 not eat, I would like to see it. It will attack the currant, 

 and I have seen gooseberries literally riddled with it. I do 

 not know of any effectual way to get rid of it except to 

 burn it up. 



We are going to ask for $20,000 this year. It is a big 

 job to handle this scale, perhaps equivalent to handling the 

 gypsy moth here. I have tried to make the bill cover all 

 insects, and therefore put in the words, " any other danger- 

 ously injurious insect pests." That includes the caterpillars 

 and the gypsy moth, if you should allow him to cross our 

 line. We are trying to protect our orchardists. I believe 

 we are entitled to protection as much as some of the men in 

 New York who are connected with Tammany. It seems to 

 me, from what I know about it, that it would be a pretty 

 wise thing for you to study it in your State. I do not 

 advise you to adopt the same measures that we have, but 

 have inspectors to inspect your trees, and so far as possible 

 allow nothing to be dug and sent out unless it has the in- 

 spector's card attached to it, saying that he believes it to be 



