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nection and shows the need of a commissioner in each county and 

 thorough inspection of all potatoes used for seed, as by spending cents 

 we may reap dollars and more in return : 



"Modesto, Cal., Mar. 18th, 1915. 

 "Dr. A. J. Cook, 



State Commission of Horticulture, 

 Sacramento, Cal. 



"Dear Dr. Cook: 



' ' On one of my regular visits to the Southern Pacific Railroad station 

 at Hickman, for the purpose of inspecting any trees or plants that 

 might have come in, I found a car load of Irish potatoes, apparently 

 for seed. I removed one from a sack and cut it open and found a very 

 decided case of Fusarium wilt. I cut open more and found them all 

 diseased. I immediately hunted up the man who was to plant the 

 potatoes, and explained to him the result from planting such potatoes. 

 This planter, being unfamiliar with most of the potato diseases, greatly 

 appreciated the information which I gave him. He immediately 

 shipped the diseased potatoes back, and got others that were free of 

 disease. 



"Unfortunately the commission men of the cities are shipping in to 

 the country this kind of potatoes at all times. 



Yours very truly, 



(Signed) A. L. Rutherford.'' 



—A. J. C. 



Quarantine on Outgoing Shipments From California. — The follow- 

 ing decision from the Attorney General, under date of March 25, 1915, 

 is interesting. It shows that an embargo on outgoing products that 

 carry insect pests or plant diseases may be levied as well as on those 

 entering the State : 



State of California, 

 Office of Attorney General, 



San Francisco, March 25, 191."i. 

 A. J. Cook, Esq., 



State Commissioner of Horticulture, 

 Sacramento, California. 

 Dear Sir: Your communication of June 29, 1914, and July 31, 1914, relating to 

 the tuber moth and requesting to be advised as to your powers in combatting the same, 

 are before me. I am under the impression that I advised you orally with reference 

 to this matter shortly after the receipt of those communications, but as the records 

 of this office do not disclose that fact I am now embodying in this written opinion 

 my views upon the subject matter of your inquiry so that there may be a record of 

 the same in our respective offices. 



In the first of these communications you refer to the prevalence of this insect 

 and state that as a result of its presence in potatoes grown in this State quarantine 

 regulations have been enforced by some other states against potatoes shipped into 

 those states from California, and you ask whether there is any warrant or legal 

 permit that will enable you to prevent shipments of potatoes to sections outside of 

 California unless a certificate is affixed that they are free from insect attack. In 

 the second communication you again ask whether you may legally prevent the 

 exportation of diseased products from California to other states when, as in this 

 case of the potato, such shipments are fraught with imminent danger ; also whether 

 you can appoint any competent person other than a county horticultural com- 

 missioner to act as state quarantine guardian with or without pay. 



