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ber of scouts, to say nothing of their aptitude for the work to which they 
are assigned, is considerably less than the number required to cover the 
ground in the allotted time. It must be borne in mind that the scouting 
for Graphium trees is distinctly a seasonal operation which cannot be 
postponed so as to conform to the availability of labor. The best season 
for the scouting of Graphium trees is from the middle of June to the mid¬ 
dle of September and during that period an adequate supply of accept¬ 
able trained men should be available. In the State of New Jersey no 
more than two-thirds of the infected area was adequately scouted in 
1938. The Federal people, however, shrewdly directed the available 
effort into the localities where the disease is known to be the more 
seriously established. 
Prophetically, it is rather difficult to venture an opinion regarding the 
success of our eradication endeavor. The program which has for its 
objective the eradication of the Dutch elm diesase, has never been fully 
enforced and, therefore, we have before us no satisfactory criterion re¬ 
garding the possibility of attainment of efforts which we may put into 
the project. Recent conferences in Washington, D. C. have radiated 
considerable hope in that the administration of the Dutch Elm Disease 
Eradication Project may become unshackled from the W. P. A. restrictions 
and shortcomings and enable us to make a sincere progressive effort to 
attain the eradication which we have espoused for the last five years. 
THE DUTCH ELM DISEASE SITUATION 
IN CONNECTICUT 
By W. O. Filley, Forester, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 
New Haven 
Now that the scouting season of 1938 is ended, the results look rather 
discouraging as compared with previous years. The total number of 
Graphium trees found in 1938 is 536, while that for the four previous 
years was only 361. Furthermore infected trees were found in five new 
towns in 1938 and there were only two towns in which infected trees had 
been previously reported but where none were found this year. 
However, the total of Graphium trees for five years in Connecticut is 
only 897, as compared with 9,086 in New York State and 39,932 in New 
Jersey. It is obvious that Connecticut cannot be discussed separately 
in this matter but must be considered as a part of the generally infected 
area around New York City. Less than 2 per cent of the Graphium 
