﻿Report 
  of 
  Chester 
  Young. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  CiiAS. 
  A. 
  WiETixG, 
  Cotnmissione?' 
  of 
  AyricuJliifc: 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  attached 
  

   report 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  my 
  district 
  for 
  the 
  year, 
  from 
  December 
  

   15, 
  1898, 
  to 
  date: 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   year, 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  chapter 
  482 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1898, 
  may 
  

   be 
  easily 
  divided 
  into 
  five 
  heads. 
  These 
  heads, 
  Avith 
  the 
  approxi- 
  

   mate 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  done 
  under 
  each 
  of 
  them, 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  1 
  ays. 
  

  

  Kursery 
  inspection 
  116 
  

  

  Importation 
  inspections 
  48 
  

  

  Orchards 
  and 
  private 
  places 
  12 
  

  

  Experimental 
  work 
  5 
  

  

  Fumigating 
  work 
  9 
  

  

  Total 
  190 
  

  

  The 
  time 
  elapsed 
  since 
  the 
  last 
  report, 
  on 
  December 
  15, 
  1898, 
  is 
  

   304 
  days. 
  This 
  you 
  will 
  easily 
  see 
  exceeds 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  days' 
  

   work 
  accounted 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  table. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  winter, 
  however, 
  there 
  was 
  much 
  time 
  for 
  which, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  work, 
  I 
  received 
  no 
  pay. 
  This 
  tunc, 
  togethei* 
  

   with 
  the 
  other 
  items 
  in 
  the 
  folloAving 
  summary, 
  will 
  fully 
  account 
  

   for 
  all 
  the 
  time 
  elapsed 
  since 
  the 
  date 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Diiys. 
  

  

  AVork 
  above 
  specified 
  190 
  

  

  Laid 
  off 
  -without 
  pay 
  46 
  

  

  Sundays 
  and 
  holidays 
  49 
  

  

  