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in colors: "Hacienda Vista Ilermosa, El Cercado Nuevo Leon." In 

 the Customs baggage room at the depot in Brownsville I opened these 

 oranges, found the maggotts of the Mexican fruit fly, and before 

 destroying them exhibited the same to the officials whose duty it is to 

 confiscate all such fruit. This was an ob.ject lesson of value, the effect 

 of which will be lasting, and the story of this same finding will eventu- 

 ally pass from station to station along the entire length of the border. 



There are many minor ports of entry along the border other than 

 those which I have enumerated. At all of these I found in force the 

 same imperative orders to prevent the passing of quarantined fruits. 

 The very nature of the country through which these routes pass is in 

 itself the best possible protection, and in the matter of danger from 



Fig. 33S. Mexican mangoes taken in tlie parcels post. (Photo by L. A. W^hitney. ) 



infested fruit found in the Municipal markets of the Mexican border 

 towns, (most of which I visited), the absence of any growing host 

 fruits, in fact, any evidence or possibility of cultivation for many miles 

 contiguous to either side of the line from Yuma to Brown.sville pre- 

 cludes the possibility of such fruit flies as emerge from the fruit in 

 these markets finding a local host upon which to perpetuate themselves. 

 The railroad crossings and the through passengers are the true source 

 of possible contamination of our orchards, and all fruit passing through 

 these is now controlled by the United States Customs inspectors. 



At the coast ports of entry in California there has always been 

 co-operation between the two services. This grew up as a result of 

 daily association and mutual appreciation of each other 's endeavors and 

 interests in their individual duties, and was entirely voluntary. With 

 the advent of the United States Department of Agriculture into this 



