| Show r f i j WO WORKERS f fri t ri HIBIT SKILL I r r k 9 O Official f T Tells lIa lIaf Quarantine Q a ant e Board of Exl Ex Ex- t f l if p in Department I d' d ft r. r L I iy If and mall mail clerics er V varied ari d experiences experiences- In It tra transmitted ml ted b by mall niall p a. a Ike ake keenness b perception h t. t I- I r amounts to almost to-almost a a. sixth sense in J picking packages containing c I. I articles according to toW W. W C. C I superintendent l pf of or clas ti n p poet d department partin nt Warth- Warth l 7 n P I. C. C who addressed member mem- mem ber b r of ot r the Western Plant nt V i b board at the state capitol Tue- Tue ISA IS- IS 4 A Y r Considering Y Cons 4 the multifarious us t d duties tt a s' s tb to v postal ere are If subjected ted Jh the he d degree gr e of ot e efficiency y i attained In ferreting out plant ship ship- I cont containing infected plants is rema remarkable kable l he declares s. Hundreds of quarantine orders r f c complicate th the handling of ot parcel a. I post d deliveries Mr Wood stated 1 and some me regulations place elt city 4 postmasters in a a. quandary 1 Form 01 In It stance nc s n s were Jm- Jm i posed pOISed upon currant and gooseberry bushes to prevent the spread d of f rust difficulties ensued There Then here are ninny many varieties of c cUrrant X and and and- nd gooseberry bushes bushe some some of which are hosts busts to the white pl pine pice e rust and are cap capable ble ot of c carrying the the- Infection Other varieties ar art are Innocent cent The Tle postmaster m must st decide de de- r. r chic cide plants are a menace menaco and andt t which hl h hcan can be shipped d. d Also t th there rc c r many nany postmasters who e Cannot i determine whether an evergreen n b beIng be be- Ing sent nt through Ui the melts mails is white i k or yellow pine Airmail has be been n a a. boon to rural t districts and has fn facilitated the the I rapid handling of plants Mr l Wood stated d. d j i In connection with the I f. f nean fruit Iy infestation 1 at t F Floraa Flor- Flor ruia r- r Jd uia aa Mr Wood reported that th the department iss etI orders order prohibiting the mailing of ot Florl a arid d plants s several seral days day b before fore the tho ord order r quarantining the state 1 3 vas vas' issued a. a k M Xe commended the west est for tor its efforts toward effecting quarantine e regulations a and d declared d that there are only three states east of at the Mississippi r r. r where permanent inspection cUon methods have ha been In ln- ted Dr Dr Mario Marlo Javier Jader Hoyo 1 vf f federal ral ralpa pa pasa l le defensa det agricula o of ofSan San Jacinto M Mexico in addressing 1 the lI session c- c on the subject of or recent plant quarantine f developments In in iii Mexico d described i a. a fumigation plant d at at GU Guadalajara co co Co which a 3 short times ago W vr wax fI th the largest in the f World Through use use of this plant entire c carloads of cotton arid and kindred products can b bo subjected to a a. hydro gas n treatment that efficiently ef ct- ef efficiently eliminates all 1111 crop pests pUts The gas Is introduced into a t vacuum He lIe stated that the goV- goV ov- ov eminent ot of Mexico has baa designated the north part of ot th the Mexican west Mexican coast as lIS a zone of defense defens in which to centralize efforts efforts' against insect and and- pl plant nl p pests Because of kindred interests of ot Mexico rid arid the United States the tle closest cooperation 1 sh should uld be m main main- ln tamed d the tWO to countries countries' in meeting eUng the plant and insect pest situation he said sai r Dr Hoyo ired Hoo urged th the board to hold their 1930 meet dt t Si Siria- Siria a- a loa ba Work that Nevada ha has hag pushed in curbing alf alfalfa weevil ivas outlined by ceorge Q G. WW ll Through trou h Introduction c lon Ofa of n a parasite wasp ten y years years an ago Sal Sal-i al- al faUlt faifa a we weevil Infestation inmany sec sec- ec tons of the state has been rn materially materially ma ma- reduced The tiny wasps Ill lay f eggs in the tho larvae Iara of alfalfa weevIl which furnish d. d supply for wasp larvae Iu when hen the eggs ss hatch At At the afternoon session a a. dis discussion dia- dia ls- ls cus cusO of of th the Mediterranean rr fruit r it I fly fy situation w will u take tale place I Members of ot the western plant quarantine quarantine- board were th the gU guests guest's of at f honor at luncheon ata a. a luncheon at the chamber hamber of commerce Tu Tuesday it 11 I nion state of f agriculture ul- ul I ture acted as s chairman and Clyde Clde I C Edmonds Edmond chairman agri agi agriculture iI I culture committee of th thO chamber ber of co commerce merc was t th the principal a eaker Short Shor t. l talks s were made made bY by ee of ot the foreign delegates delegate |
