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Table III 



COST OF QUARANTINE 



Federal State 



February $599.88 February $768.95 



March .' 504.68 March 1,077.35 



April 486.82 April 944.61 



May 331.40 Mav 1,078.62 



June 134.83 June 738.15 



July July 101.50 



$2,057.61 $4,709.18 



SUMMARY 



Total Federal expense, Nov. 16, 1914, Jan. 31, 1915 $2,108.60 



Total Federal expense, Feb. 1, 1915, July 1", 1915 2,057.61 



Total $4,166.21 



Total State expense, Nov. 16, 1914, Jan. 31, 1915 2,051.55 



Total State expense, Feb. 1, 1915, July 15, 1915 4,708.73 



Total $6,760.28 



Total expense of quarantine $10,926.49 



Total bushels shipped from Nov. 16, 1914, Jan. 31, 1915 316,554 



Total bushels shipped from Feb. 1, 1915, Julv 15, 1915 455,393 



Grand total 771,947 bu. 



ACTIVITY EXTENDED TOWARD CONTROL MEASURES FOR POWDERY SCAB AND RESULTS 



THEREOF 



It seemed desirable, rather than to simply provide that all infected tubers 

 be removed from shipments, to go a step further and instruct the growers in 

 control measures. Inasmuch as the regular force was entirely engaged in 

 supervising the movement of potatoes, additional men were required. None 

 were available from the Department at Albany on account of the gipsy moth 

 work, so that the most likely candidates were Mr. Fred Bosworth of Peru, 

 N. Y., and Mr. William Hadley of North Bangor, N. Y., both of whom had 

 been employed by the Federal Horticultural Board as inspectors, and who 

 consequently had some knowledge of powdery scab. It became necessary to 

 further instruct these men so that they in turn could instruct others in 

 endeavoring to control the disease. 



Accordingly a request was addressed to the State Civil Service Commission 

 requesting their appointments. This was about the last of March. Unfor- 

 tunately, at a time when the men should have been active, the appointments 

 were delayed by the commission three weeks. It so developed that the men 

 finally could not complete a circuit of all affected cases and the assignment 

 of other inspectors to assist them was necessary. 



After the notices of their appointments had finally been received, they were 

 ordered to report at headquarters for detailed instructions. A lecture was 

 given, with blackboard illustrations, on the points to be emphasized, and 

 further, thinking that questions on other topics would be put to them, the 

 important points relating to seed selection, cultivation practices, sizes of seed 

 pieces with their manner of cutting, the use of various fertilizers and their 

 effects and, in a general way, other diseases, were touched upon. In addi- 

 tion they were given cards on which were printed instructions for treat- 

 ing the seed; these for distribution, so that the grower might become fami- 

 liar with what the inspector was trying to accomplish and incidentally use 

 the copy as a memorandum. The printed instructions on the card were as 

 follows : 



