﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  AoRicrLTrRE. 
  949 
  

  

  Under 
  regulations 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  it 
  is 
  made 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  every 
  occu- 
  

   pier 
  of 
  a 
  lot 
  or 
  the 
  o^^^ler 
  to 
  place 
  bands 
  upon 
  the 
  orchard 
  trees; 
  

   upon 
  all 
  bearing 
  apple 
  trees 
  and 
  pear 
  trees 
  and 
  upon 
  all 
  orchard 
  

   trees 
  of 
  bearing 
  age 
  Avithin 
  forty 
  feet 
  of 
  such 
  bearing 
  trees. 
  

  

  The 
  bands 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  " 
  burlap 
  '' 
  or 
  " 
  sacking 
  " 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  four 
  inches 
  wide 
  and 
  of 
  three 
  inches 
  in 
  thickness, 
  and 
  shall 
  

   be 
  securely 
  fastened 
  between 
  the 
  crotch 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  These 
  bands 
  shall 
  be 
  removed 
  and 
  all 
  larvjie 
  of 
  codlin-moth 
  

   thereon 
  destroyed 
  and 
  the 
  bands 
  replaced 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  not 
  more 
  

   than 
  two 
  weeks 
  during 
  June, 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  (63 
  Vict., 
  

   chap. 
  47.) 
  

  

  Xo 
  person 
  shall 
  import 
  into 
  the 
  provinces 
  any 
  plant 
  infested 
  

   with 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale. 
  

  

  s^o 
  person 
  shall 
  keep 
  or 
  have 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  any 
  plant 
  infested 
  

   with 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale. 
  

  

  Xo 
  owner 
  of 
  any 
  nursery 
  shall 
  send 
  out 
  any 
  plants 
  without 
  the 
  

   same 
  being 
  first 
  fumigated 
  by 
  hydrocyanic 
  acid 
  gas, 
  in 
  accordance 
  

   with 
  regulations 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  lieutenant-governor 
  in 
  council, 
  

   and 
  no 
  person 
  shall 
  sell 
  or 
  deliver 
  any 
  plant 
  sent 
  out 
  from 
  any 
  

   nursery 
  unless 
  said 
  plant 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  previously 
  fumigated 
  in 
  

   accordance 
  with 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  In 
  case 
  an 
  inspector 
  finds 
  scale 
  in 
  any 
  nursery 
  and 
  so 
  reports 
  it 
  

   to 
  the 
  the 
  minister, 
  the 
  minister 
  may 
  thereupou 
  inform 
  the 
  owner 
  

   of 
  said 
  nurserv 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  scale 
  in 
  his 
  nurserv, 
  and 
  no 
  

   plant 
  shall 
  be 
  removed 
  until 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  safe 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  

  

  Plants 
  infested 
  with 
  scale 
  shall 
  be 
  burned, 
  and 
  an 
  estimate 
  of 
  

   the 
  value 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  inspector. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  an 
  orchard 
  or 
  collection 
  of 
  plants, 
  if 
  the 
  inspector 
  

   finds 
  scale 
  on 
  plants 
  located 
  in 
  several 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   orchard 
  the 
  minister 
  may 
  direct 
  that 
  all 
  plants 
  in 
  such 
  orchard, 
  or 
  

   in 
  such 
  parts 
  thereof, 
  shall 
  be 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  The 
  word 
  plant 
  in 
  this 
  law 
  is 
  declared 
  to 
  mean 
  any 
  tree, 
  shrub 
  

   or 
  vine, 
  and 
  the 
  word 
  .sc«/p 
  to 
  mean 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale, 
  and 
  may 
  

   be 
  made 
  to 
  mean 
  anv 
  scale 
  insect. 
  

  

  