. Biennial report. Insects, Injurious and beneficial. [from old catalog]. 90 First Biennial Report [W. Va. CHESTNUT BLIGHT AND ITS CONTROL IN WEST VIRGINIA.* By A. B. Brooks. Along with the recent vigorous cutting and destruction of our crop of timber in West Virginia there has been a corresponding increase in value of all forest products. In view of this fact, it has become the duty of the state to adopt vigorous measures for the protection of the remaining. Fig. 20. Fruiting Bodies of Chestnut Bark Disease Fungus on Body of Chestnut Tree. timber, not only from fires, but also from such losse
. Biennial report. Insects, Injurious and beneficial. [from old catalog]. 90 First Biennial Report [W. Va. CHESTNUT BLIGHT AND ITS CONTROL IN WEST VIRGINIA.* By A. B. Brooks. Along with the recent vigorous cutting and destruction of our crop of timber in West Virginia there has been a corresponding increase in value of all forest products. In view of this fact, it has become the duty of the state to adopt vigorous measures for the protection of the remaining. Fig. 20. Fruiting Bodies of Chestnut Bark Disease Fungus on Body of Chestnut Tree. timber, not only from fires, but also from such losses as are suffered through the attack of insects and fungous diseases. The Chestnut Blight Fungus. Chestnut blight, one of the most serious fungous diseases that has appeared in the United States, attacks only the bark of chestnut and chinquapin, except in rare cases, the spores of the disease usually gaining entrance at some injured place on the trunk. Squirrels, as well as other animals, birds, and insects, are frequently responsible for the spread of the disease by injuring the tender bark of twigs and young trees and by carrying masses of spores from place to place. Trees of all ages are attacked by the blight and death results from the killing of the bark in the form of a girdle around the trunk or limb. •For additional information on chestnut blight see Bulletin No. 137, "The Chest- nut Bark Disease" by N. J. Giddings, issued March, 1912, by the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown, West Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original West Virginia. State crop pest commission. [from old catalog]. Morgantown, W. Va.
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