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INSPECTION WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- 

 CULTURE IN RELATION TO HORTICULTURE 



I hi. GEORGE G. ATWUUD 



Chief, Bureau of Plant Industry, Xe\v York State Department of Agriculture, 



Albany, X. Y. 



The present organization of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry consists of George G. 

 Atwood, Chief; B. D. Van Buren, As- 

 sistant Chief; H. C. Sands, Pathologist. 

 There are twelve inspectors having 

 charge of divisions of the state, located 

 permanently at convenient points for at- 

 tention to the several requirements of the 

 law. Assistants are given to these inspec- 

 tors in greater or less number, depending 

 upon the amount of work required at 

 different seasons of the year. 



The total number of employees of the bureau at the present 

 time is thirty-six. This includes two stenographers and one 

 copyist and illustrator. 



The expenses of the bureau for the last ten years has averaged 

 about fifty thousand dollars per annum. 



The practical work of the bureau may be divided into the fol- 

 lowing heads : 



1. Xursery inspection. 



2. Shipment inspection. 



3. Foreign shipment inspection. 



4. Scouting inspection. 



5. Orchard work. 



6. Pathological inspection and investigation. 



7. Inspections under the Apple Grading Law. 



8. Insecticides and fungicides. 



9. Bee inspection. 

 10. Miscellaneous. 



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