The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-05-22

Hnm@ssy Ia Be~a
'fhe San Jose scale has caused a wrrMR
deal OF discussion IN this country. and
more or less hard feeling among nsn
that one would suppose above such
feelings. The San Jose scale Ia a pest
Of the first magnitude. a. has been
proved By Its ravages In the orchards
OF California Wide areas Of eitrous
fruits were destroyed by them. II is
therefore natural that the appearance
OF the scale on this side Of the Rocky
mountains has nlled the fruit growers
OF this section with alarm and has
caused both the Agricultural journals
and the entomologists Of the several
states and OF the nation 70 repeatedly
warn the people OF the danger and 70
urge all to watch for Il and 10 asslst in
It's destruction
The agricultural journals have not
failed TO take their place In the ranks
Of the enemies OF the scale. As II A.
ways the case. there are here and rners
men whose business interests are az
fected by the scale. and those do not
want the subject agitated- They say
that n might possibly decrease the sale
Of nursery stock II people became
alarmed as 10 the scale. They have
even advocated that agricultural papers
that publish much on the scale be boy
cotted In their advertising Two OF
three small papers have even advised
their advertising patrons TO do this.
telling them that the said large ad-
vertising papers should have more con-
sideration for the Interests OF their ad-
yertising than TO publish reports that
might result In less sales This sort
OF reasoning II very weak II the pa
pers do not warn the people and the
people DO not stop the advance Of the
scale, what would be the resultf The
scale would soon get a foothold In all
parts Of the country and the business
/ OF the nurseries would be ruined. for
people would cease to buy. We know
the history OF the blaek-knot on the
plums- Previous to the advent OF the
blaek-knot from Europe there were nne
/ orchards Of plum trees all over the
country. especially IN New England
and New York. The blaek-knot came
without warning. The people did not
know how 20 fight Il. and no effective
measures were taken against IL IN
a few years Il had swept like IRE all
over the country and had obtained a
foothold In every locality. Then what
became OF the trade In plum trees nom
the nurseriesf We have no statistics
OF the relative amount Of sales Of plum
trees. but as people quite generally for
years gave up trying to produce plums
Il may well be supposed that the sales
were small This pest could have been
checked had Il been taken IN time. as
We are now doing with the scale Peo-
pie must be kept informed OF the sert-
ousness OF the situation Honesty y
the best policy even IN fghting the San
Jose scale. We can not stop the ad-
vance OF the scale without money from
the treasures Of the states So fAE
both the general government and The
states are doing something in this d.
rection with probability OF doing moru
In the future. This has been q part Of
the result Of the agitation By the agri-
cultural press Another result has
been that farmers and others have BE-
come informed as to the scale and how
to distinguish Il and have been able 70
report infested localities to the propeI
authorities and thus bring about the
checking OF the pest before II has been
able to get beyond control The fun
truth must Be told relative to the San
} Jose scale a. well a. 20 every othsi
pest.