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Show DESTRUCTIVE SAN JOSE SCALE EXCITES INTEREST AND ALARM I Pest May Be Controlled by the Proper 'use of Insectlcldal Sprays. t I "In the. entire hlstoryof destructive Insect pests," snld Entomologist Howard How-ard tlio other day, "no Insect has ox-cited ox-cited so much Interest and alarm ns has 'Hie Sah Joso scalo. Its attacks nro Insidious and in many Instances It has acquired a firm foothold In n section sec-tion of country boforo Its presence' -was suspected. Rut a fow years ago tho Han Joso scalo was considered a -vcrlttiblo liionaco to tho growing ot deciduous fruits' In tho east, and Its discovery In ail orchard was often followed fol-lowed by tho destruction of tho trees In tho hope that Its extermination might bo secured. However, this fool- ago It has become established In tho principal deciduous fruit-growing ro-glons ro-glons In tho moro eastern slates from Canada south to Florida and Texas. Thoro nro still many fruit-growing sections throughout this area whore tho scalo has not mndo Us appearance and no effort should bo spared to lcccp It out for as long n tlmo ns possible; but Its uppcaranco In all orchard should not bo tho occasion of tho destruction de-struction of othorwlso vnluablo trees In view of tho fact that' It can bo con-trolled con-trolled by thorough painstaking work with sprays. Tho Insect Is Introduced Into now localities principally on nursory stock, but onco established, 8an Joae Scale Is Very Destructive. ing of alarm has now glvon way to' ono of confldonco that tho pest may "be controlled by the proper uso of In-sectlcldal In-sectlcldal sprays, and without belittling belit-tling the serious character pf tho infect, in-fect, It may bo said that it has simply taken Its placo among tho several Insect In-sect pests ot tho orchard, whose control con-trol must bo enforced as a regular feature of orchard or garden work. "Slnco its Introduction Into tho eaBt from California somo 17 or 18 years under conditions of neglect It sproads moro or less rapidly from orchard to orchard. The system of Inspection and fumigation of nursery stock which hai been In practice for some years In most states has been an Important menus of restricting the more general distribution, and prospectlvo purchasers pur-chasers ot trees should assuro them selves of their froodom from this nnd other pest likely to be distributed from nurseries." |