TENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



The activities' of the State Board of Horticulture have followed 

 the lines which are outlined by law. The organization maintained 

 during the past two years is similar to that of former years and 

 any changes' that have been made have been necessitated by changed 

 conditions in the fruit industry, and by conditions brought about by 

 the war. 



The different lines of work may be broadly considered under the 

 following heads : 



« 

 Fruit Inspection. 



Nursery and Nursery Stock Inspection. 



Enforcement of Quarantines. 



Orchard Inspection. 



Advisory Work. 



These lines of work cannot be definitely separated, the one 

 from the other, for they overlap in the daily work of the inspectors'. 

 In some places fruit inspection is the most important work, and in 

 others orchard inspection and advisory work occupies most of the 

 inspectors* time. Nursery stock inspection requires considerable time 

 during the spring and fall shipping season. 



Organization of Inspection Force 



The horticultural law divides the state into seven horticultural 

 districts as follows: The first district comprises the counties of 

 Dawson, Custer, Yellowstone, Sweetgra&s, Park, Carbon and Rosebud ; 

 the second district comprises the counties of Gallatin, Madison, Bea- 

 verhead, Silver Bow, Lewis and Clark, Meagher, Wheatland and 

 Broadwater ; the third district comprises the counties of Cascade, Fer- 

 gus, Valley, Chouteau, Teton and Musselshell ; the fourth district com- 

 prises the counties of Missoula, Mineral, Granite, Powell and Deer 

 Lodge; the fifth district comprises the county of Ravalli; the sixth 

 district comprises the counties of Flathead and Lincoln ; and the 



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