THE MOXTHLY BULLETIN. 355 



Alfalfa Weevil. 



The desire of the county horticultural commissioners as expressed at 

 Ihe Santa Barbara convention regarding more strenuous quarantine 

 (srders against the white fly has been granted, and a more stringent 

 extended order has been declared against the alfalfa weevil. A new 

 order has now been declared, including nursery stock from the states 

 where this alfalfa weevil is known to exist. 



Two Important Laws. 



With the Hawaiian and National quarantine laws we are much better 

 protected than heretofore, and I believe we may feel quite secure, as I 

 think we may keep our orchards at their best, which means the finest in 

 the world. 



County Ordinances. 

 We have a ruling from the Attorney General that our county quar- 

 antine ordinances are right and proper in case they infringe no State 

 laws. Their enforcement, however, can not be left to the county hor- 

 ticultural commissioners, but must be carried to the courts. If thought 

 desirable, the law could be so amended as to give the county horti- 

 cultural commissioners authority to enforce any such ordinance. 



Change of Present Law. 



There is a suggestion that was made at the recent State Nurserymen's 

 Association to change the law, making the county horticultural com- 

 missioners state officers, under the State Horticultural Commissioner, 

 so as to make quarantine action and control measures more uniform. 

 They would then cease to be count.y officers. I would urge the fact that 

 our horticultural laws are now w^orking well, our count}^ horticultural 

 commissioners are able and alert, and their work is increasingly efficient. 

 I greatly question the advisability of making any decided changes in 

 our law. The change referred to above would, I believe, be inopportune 

 at the present time. A not very important but convenient measure 

 would be secured by a change of the law making any one who has passed 

 an examination in any county as a candidate for county horticultural 

 commissioner eligible in any other county of the State. 



Crop Reports. 



We hope our crop reports and orchard statistics may be required by 

 law of the several county horticultural commissioners. They are now 

 required by the State Commissioner of Horticulture. These crop 

 reports are greatly appreciated and will more and more be considered a 

 great asset of the State. 



White Fly. 



You will all be pleased to learn that we have made a sustained war- 

 fare against the white fly at Marysville. We have sprayed once and 

 fumigated twice at a considerable expense. I feel that we must extir- 

 pate this pest at any cost. Can we afford to tolerate such a menace 

 within the confines of the State ? 



