Show ASKS MORE PAY P Y FOR DEPUTIES Horticultural Ins ector for County Files HIs Hs Annual Report COMPETENT HELP NEEDED NEEDE I OO NEW TREES BUDDED DU RI NG TH John P Sorensen Sorens n inspector tor for tor Salt Lake county count has completed itis I report port for the ar 1 io which is given in part below Through tile the year I have inspected seven carloads and sixty parcels of trees from flom outside the state and fumigated most of them I have hae also Inspected and fumigated the stock grown gron by Iwine nur nurseries series as required b by law eight carloads besides 16 large Jarge box and bundles of o which have been shipped out or of the court coun county ty and of them out of the state Two thousand of imported trees were condemned and burned in one lot Jot FIve hundred thousand trees were bud budded dod ded this summer in Salt Lake count county a out from fine bearing trees the balance from young stock NurserIes should be compelled to bud and graft from nm bearing stock true to name and agents front from nurseries outside the state should be under bond to sell stock t ue to name as some other states have at al already ready incorporated in their laws Jaws Nurseries I Inspected Twice All AlI nurseries hav have been ted twice anti and some three times during the growing season Some trees have been dug fumigated and inspected for root diseases for fall delivery deliver but have hae been dug dugand dugand and put in houses and frostproof cellars on an l part or of them fumigated sorted ted tIle the balance to bo be sorted and inspected through the winter The deputies worked only r half haIr time or orless orless less thIs summer There were 1860 or orchards orchards outside the city inspected Where br bad d diseases are found to exist orchards were vIsited three or four times In the city some places were inspected lW by m myself self Some old orchards past all use usefulness were condemned cut down and burned but on account of the want of necessary help not half hal that should have been for the good of the county I have hat had several cases to report to the count county attorney for his action but all two have complied with the law Jaw When lie he sent the sheriff after them These tw Mrs frs L and Mrs McEvan fought it 1 in court but the court decided n against them and they had to comply with the thea law a w cut down the trees and cl clean an up Spraying Pays Well Spraying has been done well through tIle the season but not as effectively us as It should be Some spray twice others five times Wherever It has bas been done it pair paid well and from fifty to nInety per ent of apples rr free e from worms was wa the result according th tb work done and local ocal condl condi And there w s a great crop of fl ui t this season eason No stati statistical Ucal returns were taken this year for two reasons one of o which wa that ill the time was vas employed to assist people with instructions how to spray an talC talce care of their fruit The liThe deputies are competent men and unless their wages ages are raised at least fifty cents a da day we may mal expect to lose their services or only get it when no better pay is s in sight and as no compe competent t tent nt men for that work can be had for what W the liw alJo allows 5 I would re draw your our attention to this tact fact |