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Iowa Carl J. Drake: The San Jose scale is fotind only in southeastern 
Iowa and almost all of the lord, nurseries are located- outside of 
the San Jose scale region. Some commercial damage -is being done 
"by this insect in the southeastern norti en of the State, 
Missouri L. 'Haseman; The situation is entirely satisfactory hut must he 
followed carefully as the pest is undoubtedly recovering again 
from its' setback of the last two years. 
Arkansas Dwight Isely: The San Jose scale is fairly well under control in 
northwestern Arkansas, The scale is present in practically all 
orchards, but not in unusual numbers and at present is causing 
no alarm. 
South Dakota H, C € Sever in: The S&n Jose scale, so far as we know, is not 
found in South Dakota. It was introduced on several different 
occasions but in each case eradicated. 
Kansas 
Colorado 
Idaho 
H. B. Hungerford: The San Jose scale is coming well under control 
in Kansas. The Entomological Commission has "be en given some 
financial support and by the means of this has carried on 3tan-vey 
and control work at least sufficient to protect the nurseries 
and commercial orchards in the southern half of the State. 
C. P. Gillette: The San Jose scale is present in small numbers 
in a few orchards in Mesa County, and, so far as I can determine 
at the present time, does not occur in any other section cf the 
State. However, there has been a small infestation in Delta 
County that Mr. Newton has been endeavoring to control for a few 
years. This past summer he has not been able to find a single 
specimen to indicate the presence of the scale, though it is 
probable that it will turn up again in the future. 
Claude Wakeland (Annual Report 1925) : The fact of greatest economic 
importance concerning the San Jose scale in Idaho during the past 
season is that in many sections of the State it was entirely con- 
trolled by the unusually extreme temperatures of last December and 
that many orchardists dispensed completely with the usual dormant 
spray. The Experiment Station made many examinations for fruit 
growers, horticultural inspectors, and others interested to deter- 
mine the effect of the cold and as a result of thi s work many 
thousands of dollars were saved Jrhat would ordinarily have been. 
expended for spraying. It is considered unsafe to dispense with the 
usual dormant spray under ordinary conditions even though the 
infestation is light, but the entomologist took the position in this 
case that where natural conditions had already controlled the 
insect to a greater degree thaft good spraying will under average 
conditions, it was probable that the cost of spravying would be much 
greater in many instances than the benefit derived. 
Scale-infested branches and t^igs were collected by the entomologist 
or sent in to him by farmers or inspectors from all of the chief 
fruit growing areas of southern Idaho. These --ere carefully examined 
under the binocular and each individual scale turned over with a 
