Show REBUT REBUTTAL ON THE TWE 1 WEEVIL IL QU E N california state horticultural commissioner t comments on article in salt lake tribute alfalfa seed quarantined I 1 tho bai hai rocel received v ed from IL J cook state horticultural commis of california a letter which purports pur porta to be a reply to an article which appeared in tu this newsy newspaper apor march ad eltre in the he quarantine placed u i a utah alfalfa seed by tue california authorities says that publication of last sund sunday lay ahe ile explanation jn in the letter doca does not meet the issue cook says that california haa has no wish to lay MI embargo against utah alfalfa eed seed and nt at the same tinie time proceed proceeds in an attempt to justify the callior nea action for far one on e thing cook says callior california hoe has never quarantined against utah seed this statement bt Is in bald sald to be contrary to the facts it Is the maser tion of eced seed dealers here that california did absolutely pio hibit utah seed entering en terling california for a time but later the rule wa was abrogated and reque menta for fu in uil lut gatlon were established instead of positive tivo vo quarantine IlAmi Il Armful ful lito Il porto ports started utah edeman seed ed smon emun have no objection to fumigation if it can be done with expedition their chief against california ta Is that the action of the california board haa has had the effect af of giving utah alfalfa eced seed a black eye all over the country the utah inen men aay say that tho the have been cespon ible sible for or this widespread able imp concerning 1 a utah alfalfa cod and that they show no tion to tiance ke amende amends or to tak laka any stops looking to th taft correction of the harmful reports the letter from the california commis bichner fol follone ol lowe our alfalfa crop la is valued at SO annually manually so you gee wo we ara are interested if it beetles can got into a strawberry dish how much more tato lato hay mid and beehives which are kept right close to cheris they ot abound bound t we havo never quarantined me tho the freed seed it to allowed to enter ton being properly property V 44 juel just a whole carload ot of eeck 1 4 etoia from 0 ofa ion in your tafv state la Is her here in i we do require that it hall be fumigated bore here you and all ALI othor others know that it id ia quite likely that might get into the bicka sacks wo we do not wash to take any chances we are tearful fearful of the care cars but tut we cant stop them othera others who ho have bad had nearly aa as much experience vor peri lence ence as mr sir reeves nay say that there ia is da agor of the weevils beling being concealed in the sacka sacks of seed we only require that the seed be fumigated when au 1 arroya light llo danger it the seed waa was sacked the t etim le alee were wore lively which they are at two se won of the yer or ship pfd at this MIA time wi believe that there might ba bo danger the stadement elat that a maJor majority tty of our board are alfalfa gravem to lo absolutely untrue not one of ue us grows grown alfalfa wo did consult miny alfalfa growers ay ar T 0 albara do and they were u la in favor jf our notion nolion I 1 mi as all utah growers would bo it they itou tn in Call torola we shall spare no pa ne im to eave save our growers chri adlle 4 as that corne from this borlaus pt p i we should want any other stata to do the ame earne were ware we tho the unfortunates itt coni coal benting upon the loder I iter seed d dealema 0 1 the city und also alfalfa growers nuiko mako objection to somo of tho the statements they declare that for a time utah alfalfa good was absolutely prohibited from entering california later ihle this ban v aa as raised and the eced seed can iw bo shipped providing it to g fu miga gated ted aa the elate state horticulturist atalee la in bis his letter weevil Is 1 dormant I 1 at the time the seed Is 1 harvested the weevil ia is dhimant this nl at moet udea the of the tho weevil getting into the seed As wae was explained in ape the previous article lr ir ih the tribune the LAO eggs are eo so trail frail that they would rily be crushed it put into a bag with seed thereby destroying thorn them further the weevil itself Is 1 so large that it would not pass through the used when the seed Is cleaned this disproves the statement that there would bo be a possibility ot of the deed seed containing active v cavils browm arki shippers I 1 re to would oven even be willing to permit tho the auml gallon gation it if it was done quickly however it la Is said that a square deal is 1 not aly ays forthcoming from the je ie officers and seed to utia up until the order la is cancelled canice llod bilt but lue the main protest which the farmers and seed ee edemon smon of utah have against california la in that tho the elate state has aspre alreid id abroad a wrong impression that tha all utah alfalfa alf ilta seed eed la Is to be avoided the state bae has done dono nothing to correct this feeling which has seriously crippled tho the utah alfalfa seed formerly utah seed commanded a prex premium aLum la in all market markets today according tf to the dealer dealers they are required to ti roll some of it at a loea loss in order to get it t oft off their handa bands should be fair utah alfalfa seed that goes into california and la Is fumigated cannot possibly contain the weevil and yet that high grade seed must bo be bold sold at a reduced price because tho the state of california has said that the seed may contain conta lr the weevil it Is thia this feature that tho the farmers of the eta elate e object to and they belleve that it Is IB up to california to do the square thing A prominent eed seed firm of salt lain city the other day consigned a carload of seed to idaho which recently announced a quarantine ati allar to the one in california requiring fumigation of the ahe seed the railroad company refused to accept ept the owing to the act fact that idaho very placed he the quarantine and neglected to appoint any quarantine officers ficera of to receive the shipments and fumigate them the reou result altu utah it alfalfa see beed 41 growers lr u jilt hit ar afern f in and ana that tha carload of seed amigh be idahl eed seed that hau hao been shipped down bore here too the situation haa has ita its ludicrous side dut but to eum sum up ho the situation utah growers and see seeds damen men feel that california has allowed an erroneous impression tu and that tm prOS ore estOL U 16 I 1 hiwing Oi wing to such an MIX extent that une t na of the states chief iii 1 destries duit dus rlee tries Is threatened almost rub destruction they feol feel that some partition reparation should d bo be made |