WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST 113 
No. 10, ‘“ 28, ‘e co“ to Dr. R. L. Dennen, Mechanic 
Falls, 
200 White Pine Transplants. 
No. 11, Sept. 23, * co to Mrs. E. C. Cook, York Vil- 
lage, 
50 White Pine Seedlings. 
No. 12, Oct. 1, “ co to Dayton Bickmore, Sandy 
Point, 
1 White Pine (5 ft.) Transplant. 
No. 18, “ 21, “ co to Fletcher Steele, Biddeford, 
6 White Pine Transplants. 
ADVANCE SCOUTING 
Probably the most radical change in the methods used during 
the present season, was in the introducing of advance scouting of 
the areas to be eradicated; by sending an experienced man over 
the area in advance of the crew and having him locate the Ribes for 
crew work, mark out the location, both in the field and on a map, 
and take out any single individual Ribes or small groups as he pro- 
ceeds. 
By this method considerable time is saved, particularly if the 
Ribes are not generally scattered over the area, but occur in more 
or less well defined places, varying with the topography or the 
ground cover. | 
In the actual eradication work on areas that have been pre- 
viously gone over by the scout, the number of men in the eradica- 
tion crew may be reduced to advantage to four men instead of six. 
If the location of the groups of Ribes has been well marked, both 
on the map and in the field, the crew immediately proceeds to the 
special areas and does not attempt any line formation, except pos- 
sibly on the limited areas to be covered by them. Very often the 
Ribes will be found on either side of a small stream, brook, or 
creek, and two men on either side will be able to work most effec- 
tively. 
Cheese-cloth bands about the trees to mark the areas where the 
Ribes are found have proved to be about the cheapest and most 
desirable form of marker from every standpoint, being easily seen, 
comparatively durable, and entirely non-injurious to the trees. 
NURSERIES 
No infections on pine were found in any of the nurseries of 
the state, and no trees diseased with the blister rust were found 
