BLISTER RUST CONTROL 
STATE OF MAINE 
1949 
RIOR to the opening of the 
{J field season of 1919, the 
work done in Maine con- 
sisted of demonstration 
and eradication areas at Alfred, 
Brunswick, and Kittery Point; 
of general scouting for the dis- 
ease throughout the state; and 
of inspection of plantations, par- 
ticularly those planted with 
stock from outside of Maine. 
The program for 1919 in- 
cluded the completion of the 
eradication area at Brunswick; 
checking over the eradication 
areas at Alfred and at Kittery 
Point; and the beginning of a 
project for mapping the white 
pine areas of the state, as a basis 
for more definite information as to the exact location and extent 
of the white pine, and as a guide to further investigation and erad- 
ication. | 
From the work already done it seems evident that any program 
of state-wide or general eradication is altogether out of the question 
and impractical both from the physica! and economic standpoint. 
Enough has been done to be thoroughly convincing on this point. 
It is necessary, therefore, to have definite and detailed information 
as to where the most valuable white pine stands are located, not 
only those of present, but also those of potential economic value, in 
order to advise the owners as to the best means of keeping the 
blister rust from such areas, and suppressing or at least holding 
it within bounds if it is found. 
