58 Journal of the Mitchell Society [June 
with the San Jose Scale (the pest presumably being present in all 
or most of the orchards) are marked with black circles or ellipses, 
etc. as the case may require to denote the infest'ed territory. It 
must be remembered that this records the present conditions only 
so far as known to us, and our knowledge is probably far from com- 
plete. 
Without going into a detailed consideration of each county a 
few general considerations may be of interest. The map shows 
the scale recorded in 65 of the 98 counties in the state. It 
showsl45 different localities infested (and really there are more as 
a locality as here designated includes all who are served by the 
rural mail routes from that point) and the complete list numbers 
423 separate premises. In 17 communities the scale is generally 
distributed. We find that it is in the counties of Cherokee, Hay- 
wood, Mitchell and Watauga bordering the Tennessee line, and in 
the east it is found in the counties of Brunswick, New Hanover, 
Carteret and Pasquotank. With regard to elevation, it occurs at 
sea-level in Brunswick and hut little higher in Carteret, Beaufort 
and Pasquotank, yet it is also found at 3,000 ft. elevation in Hay- 
wood and at about 4,000 ft. in Watauga. The area of heaviest 
infestation seems to be the piedmont, but the fact that this is the 
most thickly settled region, has been more frequently visited and 
inspected, and that we have more correspondence among farmers 
in this section than others explains this condition to some 
extent. The records of one case each in the counties of Craven, 
Beaufort and Pasquotank are due to the activity of Prof R. I. 
Smith, Entomologist of the Experiment Station who discovered 
these cases while on a recent Farmers’ Institute tour through 
this section, — and they go to show that the scale is far more 
widespread than our records yet indicate. 
We know therefore that the San Jose Scale is already wide 
spread in the state. It is a safe presumption that it is in many 
localities in addition to those on record. It is a reasonable presum- 
tion that it is in every county in the state, though we connot yet 
rightfully presume that it is present in every locality, and there is 
every reason to suppose that there are many individual orchards 
which are yet free from its attacks. But it is plainly evident that 
