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  OF 
  AGRICULTURE. 
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  the 
  fifteenth 
  of 
  July 
  following; 
  and 
  if 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  June 
  and 
  

   prior 
  to 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  of 
  August, 
  they 
  shall 
  be 
  pulled 
  up 
  and 
  de- 
  

   stroyed 
  not 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  of 
  October 
  following. 
  

  

  Trees 
  ordered 
  to 
  be 
  pulled 
  up 
  and 
  destroyed 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  

   firewood. 
  

  

  The 
  commissioners 
  are 
  authorized 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  diseased 
  trees 
  

   pulled 
  up 
  and 
  destroyed, 
  if 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  done. 
  

  

  Section 
  10, 
  reads, 
  '' 
  Without 
  excluding 
  other 
  symptoms 
  or 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  of 
  ' 
  the 
  yellows 
  ' 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  willowy 
  twigs 
  or 
  

   W'ater 
  shoots 
  and 
  premature 
  fruit 
  shall 
  be 
  conclusive 
  proof 
  of 
  the 
  

   existence 
  of 
  the 
  disease." 
  

  

  Sec. 
  13, 
  ''In 
  case 
  the 
  commissioners 
  shall 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  find 
  

   trees 
  affected 
  with 
  ' 
  yellows 
  ' 
  and 
  evidently 
  undergoing 
  a 
  thorough 
  

   ■course 
  of 
  remedial 
  treatment, 
  with 
  indication 
  of 
  success, 
  they 
  may, 
  

   in 
  the 
  exercise 
  of 
  their 
  judgment, 
  suspend 
  condemnation 
  of 
  such 
  

   trees 
  until 
  the 
  next 
  examination." 
  (Laws 
  1891, 
  chap. 
  282.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  

   scale 
  in 
  the 
  orchards 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  and 
  provides 
  for 
  the 
  appoint- 
  

   ment 
  by 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  a 
  competent 
  person 
  to 
  inspect 
  any 
  nur- 
  

   serv, 
  orchard 
  or 
  orchards 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  insect 
  kno^vn 
  

   as 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  is 
  kno'^n 
  or 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  exist, 
  and 
  the 
  pow- 
  

   ers 
  and 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  inspector 
  are 
  specified, 
  among 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  to 
  

   inform 
  the 
  owner, 
  owmers 
  or 
  tenants 
  that 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  exists 
  

   there, 
  and 
  recommending 
  such 
  remedies 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  deem 
  proper 
  for 
  

   the 
  extermination 
  of 
  said 
  scale. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  419.) 
  

  

  FLORIDA. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  '' 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  know- 
  

   ingly 
  sell 
  or 
  give 
  away 
  any 
  diseased 
  nursery 
  stock 
  or 
  seeds 
  in 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  Florida." 
  {'^o. 
  153, 
  p. 
  213, 
  Laws 
  1899.) 
  

  

  