Connecticut western news., 1922-08-10
WHITE PINE
 BLISTER DISEASE
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 dropping papers so as to mark the
 outer boundary and pull out by the
 roots all the entrants and goose
 berries found within that area and
 place them on the wire fences or hard wood trees never on the pines.
 When once they have crossed through the grove let them all spread out again and do the anne as before one man keeping on the line of papers so as to be sure not to skip any of the area. An accurate count of all the gooseberry bushes pulled should be kept and a detailed des- cription of the work mailed to The Connecticut Agricultural Experi- mental Station, Box 11O6, New Ha- ven, Conn. This station will gladly furnish information and suggestions for assisting this work. Send there for copy of Bulletin 237, Control of White Pine Blister Rust In Conn ecticut, which will be mailed free of charge.
 The State of Connecticut appro- priates the sum of seven thousand, five hundred dollars annually for assisting this work. The towns of northwestern Connecticut ought to wake up and take advantage of this help offered by the State. If the Town of North, Canaan should at it's annual town meeting appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars the State will expend another five hundred dollars for this work. It would seem as though this Town should con- sider this matter carefully and se- cure this cooperation from the State |! and Federal governments for the control of this direful disease.
 From the investigations made by | the Bureau of Plant Industry and | others it would appear that this Bis i ter has been found on the back road to Ashley Falls, all along the north side of Canaan Mountain, near the Peirce & Freeman Branch of the New England Lime Company and also on Rattlesnake Hill in the Town of North Canaan; it has also been discovered around Toms Hill, on MT. Rogers land, a great quantity in the beautiful pines belonging to the Misses Scoville near Barack Matiff and along the under mountain road in the Town of Salisbury.
 A meeting, that will be of especial ' interest to all owners of white pine will be held at Salisbury on August 21st at 7:30 m. standard time, to discuss the control of the White Pine Blister Rust Salisbury is one of the leading towns in the state in the matter of White Pine and the prop erty owners are greatly concerned over the future of this valuable asset. The meeting is being con ducted under joint auspices of the Salisbury Grange and the Salisbury Forestry Association. Austin F. Hawes, State Forester, Walter OFilley, Forester of the Connecti- cut Agricultural Experiment and for several years State Forester, Henry w. Hicock, assistant fores- ter in charge of Blister Rust Work and Harold L. Round of the Bureau of Plant Industry are expected to talk and to outline the work neces- 5ary to protect the White Pine timber from this disease which is the White Pine of Conn ecticut.
 The eradication of currant and gooseberry bushes to distance of 1000 feet from white pine will, in most cases, adequately protect the pine from the disease Get busy on your own land and do your bit to help save our beautiful pines. At tend the meeting at Salisbury and get further information on this most important subject.