CALirORNIA 



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STATE COMMISSION OF HORTICULTURE 



DEPT. 



QUARANTINE LAWS AND ORDERS 



BULLETIN No. 1 

 J. W. JEFFREY - - - State Quarantine Officer 



SACRAMENTO, CAL. JULY, 1911 



INTRODUCTORY. 



The general appropriation bill, signed by the Governor on May 1st, 

 provided the sum of $10,000 for the two fiscal years beginning July 1, 

 1.911, to be used by the Horticultural Commissioner in publishing re- 

 ports, bulletins, circulars, and general information upon matters rela- 

 ting to the fruit and kindred industries of the State. This appropriation 

 is nearly double that provided by previous legislatures for this purpose 

 and it was made at the unanimous request of the fruit growers. 



Under the former appropriations but little more than a few stated 

 reports could be published, and often the funds were even insufficient 

 for printing the regular reports. In recognition of the spirit shown 

 by the legislature and the Chief Executive in making this appropriation, 

 it is the intention of the Commissioner of Horticulture to publish all 

 official documents that may be of value to the fruit growers, the state 

 and county horticultural officials and the industry at large which they 

 represent. It is hoped by this means to bring into closer relationship 

 and cooperation the various elements concerned in any way with the 

 production and selling of the orchard and farm products of the State. 

 These circulars will be issued as often as matters of importance may 

 develop in the administration of the office, or valuable information be 

 obtainable upon subjects relating to the economics of fruit growing and 

 kindred interests. The pamphlets are intended to be helpful to our 

 quarantine officials ; to inform the officials of other states and countries 

 upon the policies of our quarantine and other divisional work; to sug- 

 gest the interpretation and application of our horticultural laws as 

 understood by the Commissioner, and to set before the people in con- 

 venient form such records as may be of use to them in their relation to 

 the horticultural offices of the State. This bulletin will be devoted to 

 the administration of the Quarantine Division of the State Commission 

 of Horticulture and the laws relating thereto. 



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