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Essential Details in Recommended
Methods of Control.

| Washington, d. c., Nov. 23.-Spe-
cial: According to the expert on for
est insects Of the Bureau of Ento-
mology, United States Department Of
Agriculture, there are certain essen
tial details In the recommended me-
thods Of combating the Southern
pine beetle which must be observed
In order to avoid not only serious
mistakes, but possibly ultimate fail
ure:
a. The principal clumps or patches
of dying trees which are actually in
tested by the overwlntering broods
of the destructive beetle, as indicated
by the fading and dying foliage, or
otherwise. should be located and
marked during the months of Novem-
Der, December, January and Febru-
ary. In order for the owners Of pine
to do this work, proper experience or
special instruction Is required. There
fore, some one who has had instruc-
tions should have charge Of the work
In each important area in which con-
troll work is to be undertaken.
b. The broods of the beetle in the
bark of the main trunks Of the me-
| dium-to larger-sized, dying, in
| tested trees, within an area of eight
or ten square miles or more, must
| be destroyed In order to stop their
| depredations.
c. The broods may be destroyed
by one or more of the following
methods: the work to be done be-
tween the 1st of November and the
| .st of March.
l. The removal and burning Of the
Infested bark from the trunks of the
standing trees, or
| 2. The removal and burning Of the
infested bark from the trunks of the
trees after they have been cut down,
| or
8. The scorching Of the infested
bark, or the burning of the bark and
wood after the trees are cut down, or
q. The placing Of the infested por-
tions of the trunks in water, or
5. The conversion of the trunks of
the infested trees into cordwood and
the use Of the wood for fuel before
the beetles leave the bark, or
| =. The converting Of the infested
trees into lumber or other products,
and the burning Of the slabs or bark.
d. 1t Is not necessary to burn the
tops or branches Of treated trees, or
to cut and burn small infested sap
| lings, If the medium to larger-sized
| trees are disposed Of
e. 1t Is not necessary to remove
or destroy the bark on the lower Dor
| ton of the trunks or on the stumps
| If 1t is not infested with the destruc-
tive beetle, and it Is not necessary to
cut or treat dead trees from which
| the beetles have emerged.
f. 1t is necessary and essential
| that the broods of the destructive
| beetle In the bark of any portion of
the main trunks of the medium to
| larger-sized infested trees of any
given locality should be destroyed.
Cost of Control Work.
6. If the wood of the infested trees
can be utilized for fuel, lumber, or
! other purposes. its value should cover
| the cost OF the work. If the work Of
| telling and barking the trees is done
| at direct expense the cost will aver
age 10 to 30 cents per tree.
h. The cost Of protecting the liy-
Ing timber Of any community with
| average infestation should not exceed
an average Of from I to cents per
acre for the total area Of pine covered
land Of community, and If estimat-
ed on basis Of volume it should not
cost over cents per ID of the liv-
ing timber protected.
|. The best time to conduct control
| operations against the Southern pine
beetle Is during the period between
the first Of November and the first of
March.
J. The principal owners Of pine in
each community should cooperate in
the disposal Of the required infesta-
ton. but should not undertake the
work until some one or more of the
owners is sufficiently familiar with
the essential details OF the proper
| methods.
Practical demonstrations Of the
proper location and treatment of in
tested trees will be conducted in the
vicinity OF Spartanburg, and by spe-
cial arrangements in other sections
and states where sufficient interest is
manifested and local facilities are