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Montana J. G. Svenden (CecoQer 3): For the past i'ev years e serious epi- 
demic cf the* mountain pine tee tic has existed in. the pine stands 
(lodge pole pine and yellow pine) of the 3a st Fork drainage of the 
Bitter Root Biver. From 30 to J. JO per cent of the timber on the 
areas over vhich this epidemic hae spread has been destroyed. . In 
the past year or two this infestation has spread into the Big'HolA 
Basin and til? Jassaula National Forest. 
J3FF11EY-PIFF; B3E3TLE '. Landro c to nus t jef f reyi Hopk. ) 
California Monthly Letter, Bur sen of Fivtomoio-y, "Mo. lol (September, 1327) : 
and J. M. Miller reports that an infestation of the Jeffrey-pine oeetla 
Oregon "of several years 1 standing on the Inyo rational Forest has declined 
this year. A few years ago a large windfall occurred in this re- 1 
gion , several million feet of timber being blown down. This ir.fesl 
tation developed in the blow-downs, and attacked green timber, but 
soon lost its momentum ::.ft,-r the dying timber from the windfalls 
w.t»b no longer available. Surveys of fee California- • -Oregon control 
project area, conduct el by F. ?. Keen during the recent summer, 
show the heaviest losses of the last .1.0 ye ws. In 1927 more than 
330,000,000 feet of timber - ere willed.- Private owners in this rel 
gion ore very much disturbs , and it is prob..ble that a great deal! 
of control work will bo carried on during the coring -.-/inter end 
spring. \ 
PUTS ?CLT.I (Oh:. oaf 's ji g rinj f o" 1 lap Jltch) 
Ohio 3 . W. Meudenhall (October - £?) : The pine leaf scale is 4u.it e abundl 
ant on several 0*" the pines on ".oa»3 of the properties in Troy. 
FI13 B-.-i.RM LOUSjJ (Oherr.es uiniccr ticis FwchJ 
Ohio - 3. "J. Mendenhali (October 13) : Pine bark aphid c are infesting the] 
white pine?, ir. Cincinnati to -„o:2 extent. 
Febraska M. H. S.Tenk (September P^-Octobsr 2^): In P.ickardnoa Coiuity an 
.ornamental white-pine tree in a farmer's yard -ras fourd to be 
heavily infested with the white-pi we oor.-t louse in the latter part; 
of September, 
California 
k L"'-.-i.ih.0.?rZn ( idioceru s s w.vcr n G error ) 
Le-i? (October 3}: lenag-o >inite general ic hc-iborc.y pop] 
rjarly hills. Jnjiar.y accompanied by smutting of trees. I: 
jury chiefly 
