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"Hello, Sam, come here! Have you heard anything about the 

 San Jose scale since you have been working here, or have you 

 seen it around?" He replied: "I don't know, boss. Dat name 

 am 'miliar round here, but I ha'n't done seen dat Sam Jones 

 on dis place, sure!" 



I understand that you have not known of it very exten- 

 sively in Connecticut, and I hope you never will, but, at the 



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Fig. I. — Appearance of San Jose scale on bark; a, infested twig, natural size; 

 h, bark as it appears under hand lens, showing scales in various stages of de- 

 velopment and young larvs. (After Howard and Marlatt in Bulletin j, new ser- 

 ies, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



same time, it is always a good thing to have your eyes open 

 and know what is about you. Nobody needs to fear harm 

 who gets ready for this thing. If you do not have the San 

 Jose scale now yow are very likely to have it soon if you are 

 not on your guard. You have got to meet this condition. 

 The question is. How are we going to meet it and what shall 



