Show INSISTS UPON i CLEAN SPUDS Warning Letter Sent BYI By California Officer I to Utah I I Shipments of potatoes es from Utah to California must bo be contained In clean sacks screened and absolute absolute- absolutely absolutely InI I ly Iy tree free from any trace trac of ot alfalfa other hay or straw according tOI to toa toia n a warning sent out Saturday by byl LeRoy Marsh district agricultural Inspector The warning came as ns th the result of ot a 0 complaint from rom the California quarantine officer to W WJ J Webb state agricultural Inspector inspector inspector tor that some som shipments had been I received from Utah which were not satisfactory under the quarantine rule The Tho letter from Mr Webb ebb to Mr Ir Marsh containing the complaint ot of the California quarantine official follows TEXT TE OP OF LETTER LETTERI I am herewith presenting a quo quo- quotation quo quotation tation from Mr A C Fleury Floury chief quarantine nUne officer of ot the th stale slate or of California orI I Representations havo have lately been made mad to this department and I photographs submitted Indicating I hat possibly due consideration I ha has not been given riven the th employment ot of safety Bardy precautions with regard I to potatoes from the quarantined area In order that there ther may beno beno be no justifiable criticism and In or- or order order or order beI I der to avol avoid any menace from the tho manner in which screening Is carried car car- carried car carried ried on I wish you would Instruct your Inspectors not to certify pota 1 pota- pota potatoes toes for tor movement to California unless the fresh clean sacks In which the potatoes are ar to be placed II have have at nt all times been kept away from hay and from the th potatoes before they have been screened and unless the screening Is done all at the tho car door In such a way Ih I the screenings cannot contaminate the clean sacks or the tho car in which the tho potatoes are to be bo loaded UTMOST EFFORTS Ills letter does doell doc not state what part of ot the quarantined area these potatoes came from that were ann an f infraction of ot California California's 1 quarantine quarantine tine tine so I J do eIo not know lenow whether it I Iwas I was v from rom Utah area AIen or 01 not It If It was then this must bo be Immediate Immediate- Immediately Immediate Immediate- I i ly Iy stopped or we will lose our Call Call- Call fornia forma market tor for Utah potatoes I Please Inform your our ente ent through the press pres farm tarm bureau bu- bu reau or otherwise that this quarantine quarantine tine tin must be fully complied with and reject any and all shipments that do not comply therewith We Ve must insist on this being belne done not only with regard retard to potatoes but butI I this every other product leaving leavine slate under regulation and I quarantine quarantine tine We Ve must see seo that everything Is Isono tone ono that Is humanly possible to safeguard the interests ot of our II Trusting you will give this your 1 nand It It has not been I literally complied with have your shippers and growers ers make ar- ar arrangements arrangements ar yourI I to do so before ship ship- shipments shipments shipments ments can be accepted |