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mine just how generally it is being carried on and what results 

 are being secured. 



In the early fall a reply postal card was sent to the chairman 

 of the selectmen in each town and to the master of every oranpe 

 in the state, asking the names of those who sprayed in their sec- 

 tion. Out of 235 towns reports have been received from 111, in 



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Fig. 2>.— Diagram .showing the increase of spraying in New Hamp.shire as reported 

 bj- 96 individuals. The black areas represent the number who commenced spraying 

 In the year named, each sijuare representing one individual, and not the total num- 

 ber spraying that year. As the diagram is based on nearly 100 reports the numbers 

 commencing each year may fairly be considered as giving the i)ercentage of spray- 

 ing in the whole slate which commenced for each year given. 



71 of which are one or more parties who spray and in 40 of 

 which no spraying is done. The distribution of those spraying 

 is shown in the map, Figure 23. As Coos County grows but 

 about 1 per cent, of the fruit produced 1»\ the state, Sullivan 

 County 5 per cent., and Belknap and, Carroll Counties each 6 



