QUARANTINE LAWS AND ORDERS. 



each of them, is hereby declared a special deputy commissioner of horticulture for the 

 purpose of enforcing this order. And it is further 



Ordered, That all cotton seed brought or imported into this State shall be inspected 

 in the county into which it is brought by one of the deputy commissioners above 

 named. It shall then be subjected to fumigation, in a closed vessel, with bisulphide of 

 carbon gas for a period of twenty-four hours, and shall then be held by the deputy 

 commissioner for a sufficient time to satisfy said deputy commissioner that all possi- 

 bility of infestation is removed. For the purpose of more effectively enforcing the 

 quarantine against the cotton boll weevil ; it is further 



Ordered., That all cotton seed shipped or imported into this State shall be consigned 

 to the horticultural commissioner of one of the above named counties, to be by him 

 delivered to the consignee when he is fully assured that there is no danger of 

 infestation. 



This quarantine shall go into effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. 



(Signed) J. W. JEFFREY, 



State Commissioner of Horticulture. 

 Approved by : 



J. N. GILLETT, 



Governor of the State of California. 



TULARE COUNTY QUARANTINE. 



Tulare County is known to be so generally free from scale insect 

 pests that it was thought advisable to give the citrus fruit growers of 

 that district extraordinary protection in the form of an order quaran- 

 tining all other territory, domestic and foreign, in favor of Tulare 

 County. Had the county groves been ordinarily infested with citrus 

 scales, this precaution would not have been logical or necessary. As 

 the case stood when the plan was adopted, it gave an opportunity to 

 try a new policy, and one that should prevent the occurrence of infesta- 

 tion and save the citrus fruit growers from great losses in fighting this 

 dass of orchard pests in that county. 



Another fact influencing this quarantine policy was the fact that 

 Tulare County had a very large mileage of railroads, and to guard the 

 dozens of receiving stations* placed a heavy burden upon the taxpayers 

 with no assurance that the county would be able to maintain its orchards 

 in a clean condition. After having visited this section several times in 

 conf erence with the fruit growers and officials, the State Commissioner 

 devised the following plan : 



To prohibit the shipment into Tulare of trees, plants and all articles 

 .liable to carry scale pests, excepting through designated stations of 

 entry. A quarantine order was issued to that effect. In pursuance of 

 this arrangement the county horticultural commissioner agreed to 

 inspect, without expense to the State, all nursery stock arriving at the 

 points of entry. All the county horticultural officials were then ap- 

 pointed state quarantine inspectors under the provisions of the act of 

 1903. After a few difficulties with the railroads had been overcome 

 the plan worked to the entire satisfaction of growers and nurserymen, 

 and has become a fixed policy, supported especially by the citrus fruit 

 men. The order is as follows : 



QUARANTINE ORDER NO. 3. 

 Tulare County. 



(Issued January 17, 191 \) 



WHEREAS, The State Commissioner of Horticulture has determined from common 

 report, from personal inspection, and from the report of the state quarantine officer 

 that the commercial citrus fruit trees and all others as far as examined in Tulare 

 County are entirely free from the Red Scale (Chrjjsomphalus aurantii), Black Scale 

 (Saissetia oleae), Purple Scale (Lepidosaphes beckii), and other scales detrimental 

 to the production of fruit ; and 



WHEREAS, There is continual danger of the introduction of the said scales and 

 others into Tulare County ; and 



