| Show u r Marsh Reports Savings By Inspection of Seed Pest War Is Effective District Agricultural Inspector Declares Weed Veed Eradication Eradication tion Is Certain aiR Best Types of P Potato tato and Spanish Onion Seed Sought he lie answered tele tale telephone THAT phone calls during the courso of his work as agricultural Inspector inspector Inspector tor In Weber eber Is one ono state state- statement state statement ment contained In the biennial re- re report re report port ot of Le Roy o Marsh sJ as liS transmit transmitted t ted d today too to Heber J Webb state agricultural Inspector at the capitol building Tho The report describes a variety of work coming under the Inspectors Inspector's duties ranging all nil the way from demonstrations for tor the benefit of farmers and city home owners to Inspection ot of nursery stock seeds foods and shipments and also Cooperation co- co cooperation operation co-operation operation In weed eed eradication seed selection and control of grasshoppers pers sparrows and rodents The report reads TEXT n T OF OP REPORT Pursuant to your Instructions I herewith respectfully submit the biennial report report-o the work accomplished pitched In Weber district The Tho work In Weber county has bas been conducted on the tho principle of rendering the maximum amount of efficient service at the lowest lowest pos pea pos possible sible cost and the following report will bear evidence o e what has been accomplished That part of the Inspection ser ser- service ser service vice Ice that has hns to do with transportation transportation transportation tation touching the railroads ex- ex companies office and trucks has been handled with handled with at all promptness possible In order to cause but little delay and Incon incon- inconvenience Inconvenience The same rule rule of o prompt prompt- prompt unease uness has been strictly adhered to In the work In general believing that hat quick efficient services are arc prime factors In the success of ot the work WORK The Inspectors Inspector's office hours are from 1030 a a- am a m rn to 12 m el each ch day which time I Is 19 by far too short t but ut Is all 1111 the time that Is avail available able ble under present arrangements The number of ot office calls and visits In the report brings out the tho fact that the office force of the county auditor where the Inspect inspector r Jias Ilas his office Is called upon to give much of their time to this work ork In fact fat the business of the department has outgrown Its pres- pres present pres present I ent office facilities In line with the Idea that the widest publicity be given ghen the de- de department's department's de department's work ork the local press radio letters meetings and talks have cave been used In the effort e to dis disseminate dis- dis disseminate Be as far as possible the information In- In Information In Information formation that Is of ot value to the agricultural as well as Interest of the general public Demonstration ork tork rk has received special attention as I am a firm believer In the tho doctrine of o practical things believing that the great need of today Is less red tape and technicalities and mere more work along the line of ot real practical demonstrations The number of demonstrations held and and nd the num num- number number ber of o people reached gives rives an Idea of the Interest manifested In to thIs wor All available time not oc- oc occupied occupied oc occupied In regular Inspection work has been given to constructive educational advancement and to tills this end demonstrations were given In federal grading of farm prod prod- products products products pruning of fruit butt trees shade trees as ns well as spray spray spray- spraying spraying ing experimental work with home home- homemade homemade made Miscible oils calcium arse- arse arsenate arse nate and several commercial brands seed selection hotbed man man- management management management Insect rodent and plant diseases INSPECTIONS I INSPECTIONS In the orchard and field Inspections the tho work was mostly along the lines ot of Insect and plant dis control as well as-well well as soil survey sur- sur survey sur survey vey There Is bet a small amount t of nursery stock grown In Weber coun- coun county coun county t ty and most of the Inspection work I done was on Incoming Incoming- shipments This work necessitated the tho dally visits o of the Inspector at the ex express ex- ex express press and freight of- of offices offices of offices from March Starch 11 to JU June J 1 This work orl has hils been given careful attention In order to safeguard the county from the tho Importation of cf dan dan- dangerous dangerous dangerous Insects as well as plant diseases dis- dis eases With the operation of ot the Utah seed cd potato law th of seed potatoes became the l major ajor Item In seed Inspection and the re- re results results re results have hae demonstrated the wis wisdom wis- wis wisdom dom of the last legislature last legislature In pass paU- passing pass passing ing ing- this law for It proved Work Work- Workable work workable able and effective SEED CONDEMNED In Weber county approximately 1300 bushels of Imported and lo lo- lo local local cal grown Ire seed d that was worthless was condemned and the planting prevented pre Thus saving the grow grow- growers growers ers era at least In the loss of yield and price of ot seed which was per hundred Samples taken from these potatoes were grown growl on test plots and produced proc proc- practically practically nothing except diseased ased and cull stuff In other instances where farmers had been deceived In seed locally grown the seller was forced to adjust It with the tho buyer thus providing a medium of o adjustment as well as preventing the sale of poor seed The work ot of o market inspection was done dona with the Idea to prevent the sale axle of ot fruit and produce that did not meet the standards of ot the state law This applied especially to the codling moth and the San Jose JOM scale Owing to the many express p par par- parcel par parcel lr- lr cel post and and lot car-lot shipments out of Ogden the I work ork of ot quarantine of out going g produce causes much time to be given gl this part of the service This work has been carried out along the tho general lines governing al al- al always al always poisoning is It The sparrow ways done during the tho winter months and deep snow Is taken ad- ad advantage advantage ad advantage vantage of ot because use the cutting culling ot oft of the food supply makes It an nn Ideal time lime to secure o results an and the sparrow nuisance Is held to the minimum The rhe squirrel control problem has hns been handled In co cooperation operation with the county agent ent and the tho farm bureau bure-au this method proving cheap and anti effective The usual hopper Infestation oc- oc occurred occurred oc occurred In 1925 but this season an unusually heavy Infestation oc- oc occurred occurred oc occurred especially In the tho city of o Ogden Og- Og Ogden Og Ogden den and tho the outlying districts In Ogden city the city commission and the Weber county commission co- co cooperated cooperated co cooperated operated In the purchase of or bran branand branand branand and poison polson as ns well as ns In the dis dis- dis distribution distribution of o the same In to this the Inspector operated cooperated co with various vicinities In the city bran was had at the of- of office office of office fice of o the county auditor at nt all times and sold to the citizens citizen at atthe atthe atthe the actual cost of material Hun Hun- Hundreds Hundreds Hundreds took advantage of this and It resulted In a complete checking of the hopper nuisance WEED ERADICATION A glance at the figures given In InI I tho week report shows the results of a splendid spirit of ot operation co-operation co veen the department of o agriculture lure ture county and nn city com commissions railroads canal companies the Utah Power Light company the county agent farm tarm bureau the lo- lo local lo local cal press and the citizens In general ten gen pral eral ral The result of these efforts effort has reduced the white while top and Canada thistle and so the matter I of certain AT 1 SHIPPING POINT The shipping point Inspection work has been an Important fac the or orIn In the Inthe the of the quality of fruit and produce sent cut of ot the county and hrs has caused better selection tion of ot seed bor cultural methods meth meth- methods methods and has hns improved the path and grade as ns nothing nothing- before has hns ever done yAs As s to the results of o lie so- se securing curing better beller prices for the farm fann farmer fanner er there Is room for lor Improvement That it Is of value to lq the shipper goes without saying SEED SElm SELECTION The work of tho the selection ot of o to- to tomato tomato to tomato mato seed has occupied the atten atten- attention lion hon of ot the Inspector for three sea sla seasons Eons sons and has resulted In the de delivery livery to the farmers of o the tha state of 1000 pounds of ot certified seed Beed that Is proving proving- Its worth this s sea sea- season son si-a-son n- n son In the tho production of ot far smoother and heavier yielding yielding- to- to tomatoes to tomatoes matoes acclimated and true to name and also keeping the lOon money e at home Fifteen acres of seed to- to tomatoes tomatoes to tomatoes matoes of ot the leading lending varieties are arenow arenow now being grown by the Utah Can Can- Canners Can ners ners association in operation co-operation co with the tho department of ot agriculture for the tho 1927 1921 crop SPANISH Sl ON Experiments are aro being being- carrl carried out at present to ascertain which of the many brands of ot Spanish seed offered to tho tha growers growers Is best Sam Sari Samples ples pies of ot fifteen different sources of supply are at nt present being grown under careful observation of the county agent and the district In- In Inspector Inspector In Inspector and pounds of the product of o each sample will be ox- ox cx at the state fair and the Ogden den livestock show In this man manner ner a practical te test t will be avail n available available able for tor the farmers farmers POTATO TO SErj In order to secure reliable data on the merits of o the seed potatoes shipped Into the state as well as a comparison of It with the tho home homegrown homeGrown grown crown product forty samples were planted In test plots and the re- re results re results will be seen the same as ns the Spanish onion These as well as the onions will be scored on the basis of ot the U S grades and the percentage of No 1 I stock will be shown In n this manner some very valuable data dala should be secured on this Question DAIRY D rOOD FOOD DIVISION As mach much time as was available for the work In this division was given and the tho report shows the value of having a residential Inspector In- In In Inspector In Ogden working In co- co cooperation cooperation co cooperation operation with the city officers This Is an Important work and more time should be given to It CR X Acknowledgment Acknowledgment Is made of o the valuable assistance of the following without which the work of the Iho sic sic- n could not have havo been a Frees reNS iS Th Tho Weber eber county commission I L A Van lan Dyke county auditor Th Th- Th Standard Examiner Utah Can Can Can- Cans S association s Slate State Senator h ri 1 S Lewis County Agent A I L I and the Ogden city M I I Phone calls calls office visits Letters I Publicity Letters written I i 5 tides leles published 56 meetings at- at tided 26 talks given 36 number I cent ent at meetings Demonstrations ions Demonstrations rations Ivan number present at dem dem- demonstrations demonstrations demonstrations apple grafting demonstrations 18 Orchard Inspections Field Inspections Nursery stock Out Inspections Inspections Out Out- going coins trees etc Incoming tomato plants Incoming and express packages 2189 Seed Seed Inspection Inspection Seed potatoes Incoming 69 59 cars cars cars condemned l 2 cars quarantined and treated heated 6 Market Number Inspection Inspection Number of Inspections produce con damned condemned apples 1780 San Sail Jose scale California potatoes ISO sacks no Cali- Cali Cali fornia certificates trees and shrubs 79 tomato plants Quarantine Inspections Weevil quarantine packages 25 cars Sparrow control control pounds of poisoned grain Rodent Hodent control Ball control Bait distributed 1000 pounds flour 2600 pounds rolled oats 1 t ton on hay Grasshopper control Po Iso II distributed 5 6 tons poisoned bran bran acres acres treated Weed ced Number eradication eradication Number inspections In- In miles county road cleaned 15 miles railroad miles cleaned canal 40 Individual property cleaned acres 60 GO notices notice issued number responding to notices liZ FOODS WATCHED WI Dairy and food division Dairy division lon lon-Dalr 75 5 condemned canning canning can- can ning canning factories 32 misbranding cases 8 store Inspections res rca res- restaurants 6 52 62 13 condemned hotel Inspections 17 16 condemned k h 1 Inspections 30 9 con con- con condemned damned scales Inspections 47 17 condemned Seizures and condemnations Sardines cases canes meat m meal al sacks s laying laying- mash 40 sacks milk cans 65 55 potatoes sacks ap ap- ap pies isles rotten 80 bushels canned blackberries 70 cases fr fresh osh toma toma- tomatoes toes 7 ears cars fresh tomatoes 3 I acres adulterated meat com plaint complaint 8 n |
