FIGHTING THE INSECTS 



Fly in Florida. Both of these appropriations were expended 

 largely by the Plant Quarantine Service. 



Of course the Bureau of Entomology and the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry cooperate loyally and cheerfully with the Plant 

 Quarantine Service, many of the experts in these bureaus con- 

 stantly being called upon for advice. Naturally, moreover, a few 

 experts in entomology and plant disease are officially connected 

 with the Quarantine Service. Dr. Marlatt, the first Chief of 

 the Service held, at the same time, the post of associate chief 

 of the Bureau of Entomology. When I retired, in 1927, he 

 became Chief of the Bureau. The problem of choosing a new 

 chief for the Quarantine Service was a serious one and took 

 many months of careful consideration. Finally Mr. Lee Strong, 

 who for a number of years had been connected with the Cali- 

 fornia Quarantine Service, was given the post, and he has 

 directed the work admirably. 



The comparatively new plant quarantine has created many 

 disturbances and has caused much opposition in some quarters. 

 I wonder if its principal officials have not passed many sleepless 

 nights. Some of its important and quite necessary decisions 

 have almost disturbed diplomatic relations. Surely they have 

 caused changes in commerce and in industry! Experienced 

 bulb-growers from the old countries, for example, have come 

 to America and have started enterprises of their own in the 

 United States. And our country is growing an infinitely greater 

 number of plants than heretofore in her commercial nurseries. 



There are many annoying problems that come up all the 

 while. I ran into one of them accidentally after I had retired 

 from office. I happened to be in Seattle, Washington, at the 

 time, and the inspectors at that port were so worried about 

 a question that had arisen that they consulted me. I am telling 

 this story simply to indicate the worries that these people have 



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