A more or less definite division has been maintained between the
slightly infected Western portion of the State and the badly infected
Eastern portion, known respectively as the Western and Eastern
districts. In a previous report it was stated that in the Western part
of the State the blight had been eradicated to the extent covering
nearly one-half of the area of the State. This area so far as is known
to date has been maintained free from the disease. In a few cases new
infections were found which have been removed. It is important to note
in this connection not only the fact that the progress of the disease
has been checked in Western Pennsylvania, but that we have without much
doubt prevented the blight from gaining a foothold in Ohio, and nearby
portions of New York and West Virginia.
In the Eastern District since January first of this year, the field
work has developed almost entirely into a campaign of utilization, no
rigid sanitation work having been conducted except for the protection
of chestnut orchards and nurseries.