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water treatment" gave him new vigor. The "kerosene emulsion" he 

 evaded as much as possible (the same as rich men evade their assess- 

 ments and taxes, or as politicians the election laws), and worked the 

 harder "on the sly" while men slept, and the whole land was black- 

 ened. Then came the spraying pump with its insecticides, etc., and 

 thousands of dollars were invested in that scheme. Then the "fumiga- 

 tion fad" reared its tents, and the cry of "death to the black scale" was 

 raised. The like treatment was practiced upon the other scales and 

 pests. 



Mr. Koebele was sent a second time to Australia to discover, if pos- 

 sible, a conqueror of these evils. * * * 



On the 15th of May, Mr. Cooper liberated a small colony of beneficial 

 insects — of Rhizobiids, perhaps ten or fifteen pairs of healthy beetles — 

 upon a tree in the center of a fifty-acre olive orchard, the entire growth 

 of which was as filthy with black scale and their debris as could be 

 found in the State. These increased rapidly, and during 1893 over five 

 hundred colonies were sent out to various parts of the State. This 

 year it is estimated that not less than a quarter of a million beetles 

 have been distributed from the olive orchards at Ellwood. Their work 

 has been a most complete surprise to all who have visited the place. 

 The trees are clean and healthy, their growth this year is vigorous, and 

 the fruit abundant and of fine quality. 



During the last four months I have personally gathered many 

 thousands of the Rhizobiids, which I have distributed to various parts of 

 Santa Barbara County, as well as to the more southern counties, and 

 other points in the State. Many of these I obtained from the orchards 

 of Messrs. Hemenway and Hails, seven miles west of Santa Barbara, 

 where a colony of fifteen in the former and only five in the latter were 

 placed in October, 1893. 



Other portions of our county show excellent work from these lady- 

 birds. Last month I visited " Glen Annie," the home of the late 

 Col. W. W. Hollister, and in company with the present proprietor, 

 Mr. Nicholas Den, inspected his orange grove of 1,100 trees. I had ex- 

 pected to be able to gather many thousands of the Rhizobiids. For hours 

 we searched; w T e scanned the trunks, the branches, the leaves, and as a 

 result I secured six Rhizobiids and eight Vedalias. Not a live scale; 

 not an egg nor larva of the scale could be found. The trees were clean, 

 bright, and vigorous. The crop two years ago required every orange to 

 be washed and scrubbed before marketing; the last crop needed not to 

 have an orange cleaned. 



With the intention of being permanent residents of the United 

 States, these foreigners became naturalized at once, not waiting on the 

 " law's delay," and thus far we have found them a peaceable, intelli- 

 gent, and industrious folk. In appearance they would at first sight be 

 considered straight, out-and-out black Republicans, but a close study 

 of their character and principles will show that they are the " coming 

 party of radical reform," whose platform is broad and strong, and 

 every plank of it upholds home industries, and protects the working 

 class. They favor "equal rights," and since there is enough for all, 

 they oppose monopolies, " spraying trusts," and 41 fumigation combines." 

 "No fusion" is their motto. They promptly settle their own bills as 

 they go, and make safe deposits in every orchard and in every tree. 



As an illustration of the comparative merit between the efficiency of 



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