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Show AGRICULTURAL B0ARDMEET1NG Report of Crop Petta Inspector Inspec-tor Is Received Tha Utah atata -ooard of agriculture held lis regular meeting today In the offices of tha commissioner of agriculture agri-culture with a full attendance. Practically Prac-tically all of the aeaslon waa devoted to hearing and paaalng on ths report of Heher J. Webb, stats crops nests tnapector. on the work accomplished during the past three months. Tha report covered the matter of tha Inspection In-spection of plant products at the shipping point; the quarantine agalnat tha potato tuber moth; certification of eeed potatoea; seed potato regulation; regula-tion; a report from a a pedal committee com-mittee on compulsory Inspection, and an outline of the Cropa Pests bulletin. "The white top problem." said Inspector In-spector Webb, "la being handled In Bnielder, Davis, Halt Lsake. Utah and Weber countlea to the beat of the ability of the Inapectora, and aplendtd re porta are being received from Millard Mil-lard county, where every patch haa been located and every owner directed to clean up. Banpeta and Revler countlea have also been directed to clean up this peat. "Five federal and stats violations of tha whits pine blister ruat have been Intercepted." oontlnuea Mr. Webb, "two coming from New York, one from Ohio and one from Tennessee Ten-nessee and Iowa. Four atate vlola-tlona vlola-tlona from tbe atate of Washington were also Intercepted which con- lainea roriy-seven currant ana gooseberry goose-berry bushes; three egg masses of the gypsy moth were Intercepted at Halt Lake on nursery atock coming from Iowa, which had undoubtedly been ahlpped from France. "During the paat year shipment of 100 carload a of certified aeed potatoes came Into the atate, largely from Minnesota, and many of these potatoea did not comply with the law." Mr. Webb then presented a aeries of rules and regulations pertaining per-taining to this problem. The report of Dr. W. A. Htephen-sen. Htephen-sen. state veterinarian, waa also discussed. dis-cussed. He touched upon the agreement agree-ment regarding the control of hog cholera in Uttth by cooperation between be-tween the United Htatea department of agriculture and the state hoard of agriculture; the agreement on sheep and cattle scablea control by cooperation co-operation between the United Htates bureau of animal Induatry and the atata hoard of ngrlculture; tuberculoma tubercu-loma eradication In dairy herds: consideration con-sideration of condemned tubercular claims; tuberculosis free territory Inspection And check testing. The report- of Thomas Redmond, state aheep Inspector, was slso presented. pre-sented. Inspector Redmond's report covers the period from March 1 to May SI. H22. During this period there were Inspected 3KO.704 aheep, and of thla number 1400 were found Infected with scahlea In Carbon county and 141 In Han Juan county, the sheep being dipped twlre. "Practically half the sheep In Car-; Car-; bon county and aeveml outfits In Emery count v. a proxlmatlng 40.000 hesd, hsve been exposed to scabies 'and will be dipped at once. ssys Mr. iRedmond. "One violator of a quarsn-1 quarsn-1 tine law In Carbon county was ar- rested ' for breaking ths quarantine I and was fined. . "8 lories from tha Denver office of I the United Htates bureau nf animal Industry atatlng that aheep summer ranging In Moffat and Hlo Rlanco (counties In Colorado were now scabby I on the Utah line were found to be absolutely without foundation. Conditions Con-ditions among sheep throughout ths state In general are good. Hhearlng Is over- and a good , lambing is reported. |