24 THE SAN JOSE OR CHINESE SCALE. 



KANSAS. 



Kansas has long belonged to a group of middle western States free 

 from the San eTose scale. During the present year, however, this scale 

 insect has been sent to us for determination from Dodge City on apple 

 twigs, which is the first and only record so far for this State, on the 

 authorit}" of Prof. E. A. Popenoe, entomologist of the State experi- 

 ment station. A general examination of the orchards of the State has 

 been begun, however, and additional records will probably be dis- 

 covered. 



KENTUCKY. 



But one record of the San Jose scale was known in Kentucky at the 

 time of the publication of Bulletin 12. Professor Garman, State ento- 

 mologist, now reports that the scale is still not generall}^ distributed 

 in the State, and the credit for this he. believes is due to the prompt 

 institution of nursery inspection shortl}^ after the San Jose scale came 

 into prominence in the East. Within the past four or live years, how- 

 ever, he reports an increase in' the number of infested localities, par- 

 ticularly in northern counties, and is inclined to believe that in some 

 cases the stock condemned on the other side of the river is brought 

 over and distributed on the Kentucky side. The infestation is con- 

 fined to the river counties and some half a dozen interior counties, all 

 lying rather above the median line of the State. 



LOUISIANA. 



The earl}^ records of infestation in Louisiana are given in detail in 

 Bulletin 3, and the scale is supposed to date in this State from about 

 1891, as there recorded. The present situation as given b}^ Mr. 

 Wilmon Newell, the entomologist of the State experiment stations, 

 indicates 12 distinct localities of occurrence, ranging from the north- 

 ern line of the State to New Orleans. These points are widel}^ sepa- 

 rated, and the State is comparativel}^ free from the scale. Mr. Newell 

 states that no very thoro inspection of all the orchard sections of 

 the State has been made, but that from the work already done he 

 believes that not over 5 per cent of the orchards, at the outside, are 

 infested. But one small nursery is known to be infested, and the 

 owner of this nursery is not permitted to place his stock on the market. 



MAINE. 



The San Jose scale has never been reported from Maine, and this is 

 confirmed in a recent letter from Miss Edith M. Patch, the entomolo- 

 gist of the State experiment station. 



