Tenth Annual Meeting 



77 



we do to protect our orchards from the ravages of this little 

 insignificant pest? It is of course unnecessary for me to say 

 that this little pest is enormously destructive of the orchards 

 where it locates itself and is allowed to propagate undisturbed. 

 That being the case, let us examine and see what the little 

 fellow is. In the first place, I must tell you it is so small you 

 can scarcely see it with the naked eye, and it has to be 



i iG. 2. — San Jose scale on twig and pear, with enlarged male and female 

 scales. (After Howard, Year-book, Dept. Agr. 1894.) 



magnified several hundred times to see it to good advantage. 

 When you detect these little spots upon the tree, the scale of 

 course is not apparent. The insect is underneath. It is entirely 

 concealed and is shown in Fig. i. If you turn one of the 

 larger scales over you will find the female insect underneath, 

 as shown in Fig. 3. Upon close examination of the specimen 

 you will see how marvelously it is designed for the work of 



