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with newly appointed township inspectors to make sure that they are 

 familiar with the insects and diseases with which they will have to deal 

 and with the methods of bringing about the enforcement of the law. 



DEPUTIES AND THEIR WORK. 



No change in the deputies has been made during the year. So far 

 as possible they have been used for the inspection of nurseries and oi'- 

 chards in the vicinity of their homes thus saving in per diem and travel- 

 ing expenses. Mr. E. W. Allis, of Adrian, has inspected the nurseries 

 in the southeastern part of the state and has given considerable atten- 

 tion to orchard inspection in that region. I was also able to leave in 

 his hands the inspection of the European stocks for the brown-tail moth 

 received by the nurseries at Adrian, Monroe, Detroit, Birmingham and 

 Pontiac. ^Nlr. (). H. Robbins, of Hart, inspected the nurseries and or- 

 chards in that part of the state. Mr. H. G. Welch, of Fennville, looked 

 after the inspection in Allegan, Ottawa, Kent, and Kalamazoo counties. 

 Mr. F. A. Wilken, of South Haven, attended to the duties in Van Bureii 

 county. Mr. F. C. Stahelin, of St. Joseph, inspected the small fruit 

 nurseries in Berrien county; and Mr. W. C. Eckard, of Eaton Rapids, 

 spent several weeks in the inspection of nurseries in the southwestern 

 part of the state. The other work received my personal attention, except 

 that Mr. L. M. Geismar, insi^ected the nursery at Negaunee. 



For several years an endeavor has been made to secure the more gen- 

 eral spraying of the vineyards in the Lawton district for the control of 

 the black-rot. In 1908 the amount of spraying was fully tenfold that 

 of any previous year and although the climatic conditions were quite 

 unfavorable for the development of the disease, a marked benefit from 

 the spraying was noticeable. No only was the injury from rot greatly 

 decreased but the loss from mildew and the grape berry-moth was almost 

 entirely prevented and this alone fully equalled the expense of spraying. 



As the grapes in other sections are more or less injured by all of these 

 troubles and comparatively few of the owners are familiar with the 

 insects and diseases or with the means of controlling them, a bulletin 

 was issued in which the life history was discussed and definite direc- 

 tions for spraying were given. An edition of 5,000 was printed and sent 

 out to grape growers over the state. 



The fruit groweis of Michigan are each year becoming better ac- 

 quainted with the destructive insects and diseases and are taking in- 

 creased interest in the subject of controlling them, hence we are find- 

 ing little difficult}' in securing the enforcement of the law Avlien th'^ 

 attention of the owners of infected orchards is called to the matter. 



I herewith append a list of Michigan nurseries, of Michigan dealers 

 in nursery stock, and of foreign nurseries licensed to sell nursery stock 

 in Michigan. 



List of Licensed Michigan Nurseries, 1908-9. 



Alferink, Alfred, Holland,' r! 8. 



Ann Arbor Nursery Cd., Aim Arbor.;; .jy5^ 



Allen Brothers, Paw Paw. /ioiaoM ,.< ip.^hhUf. 



Baldwin, O. A. D., Bi-idgman. 



