20 THE SAX JOSE OE CHINESE SCALE. 
sota. Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming-. 
It probably occurs in some of these States, however, altho it has so 
far escaped notice. 
ALABAMA. 
The occurrence of the San Jose scale in Alabama was first indicated 
in April, 1885, by material received from Prof. J. W. Hoffman, of 
the Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee. As now reported by Mr. R. S. 
Mackintosh, State horticulturist, the infestation is scattering thruout 
the State, but chiefly along some of the main railroad lines, and most 
of the infested orchards became so before people knew about the 
scale and before the adoption of quarantine measures to prevent its 
introduction and spread. 
ARIZONA. 
The San Jose scale has been present in Arizona in the older orchards 
of the Salt River Valley for more than twenty years. Director R. H. 
Forbes, of the agricultural experiment station, now reports that this 
scale insect has rather dropt out of sight, probably because of the 
succession of excessively hot dry years from 1899 to 1904. inclusive. 
During this period a large proportion of the deciduous fruit trees, 
including almonds, peaches, pears, apricots, and apples, perished, 
apparently from lack of irrigating water and partly from the effect of 
extremely high temperature and dryness. 
ARKANSAS. 
The presence of the San Jose scale in this State is recorded in Bul- 
letin 12 (1898), on material reported b}^ Professor Stinson. Mr. C. F. 
Adams, the entomologist of the agricultural experiment station, now 
states that the spread of this insect is still not very general; that it 
has been reported from several counties, and that he has seen it in two 
florists' establishments, but has not found it in any of his nursery 
inspection. 
CALIFORNIA. 
The San Jose scale has, of course, long been generally disseminated 
thruout the State. Prof. C. W. Woodworth, entomologist of the 
agricultural experiment station, now reports that it does not occur at 
Berkele3 r , but probably occurs everywhere else in the State where fruit 
tree- arc grown, except in isolated plantings in the foothill regions. 
Usually it is not seriously troublesome, tho il may increase rapidly al 
any time and become a pest. The uniform treatment with the lime, 
-ul fur. and salt wash keeps it in check, and parasitism is often fairly 
efficient. In some districts, as about San Jose, where it has almost 
disappeared, the result may be due both to parasitism and to some 
