a<;rI( ii/riKAL AiTiiorRiATioN BiLi>, iirj4, ;U)1 



oil the biLsis <)f tlu»s»' iiii<iinp4 ('<mjrr»'ss Uns i)ii.ssf(l u luw nroliihiling 

 th(» iin|><»rtati<)n of mliilt Ixvs into the United StMt<»M. The si«Hr<n 

 for this discax' will he coniiinu'd to mukr sure that tin* (li-^^'asc is 

 not pnvscnl. Work on tin* fartors inlhuMicini^ the attark of Anirrican 

 foul hrood on tlu« h«'o larva has h«»cn madt* <hirnij; tin* pa-st yrar. 

 which for th«' lirst tinio explains thr time of the attack. Thi* <»n- 

 vironnicntod factoiN which pcrnnt the attack of I'jiropc on foul hnwKi 

 luivc alstt hccn (jctcrinintHl. 



Detailed instnu'tions for the jjatherin^ of the inaxinunn honey-erop 

 have heen prepared and nid)lisiied for three of the main honi'v region.s 

 of the l^astern States, the clover, huckwheat anri tulip-tree rejjions. 

 It is expected that such work may {)rohtahly he done for other hee- 

 keepinj]j re^jions of the country, thus makinp the recommendations of 

 tlie department more specific for the various parts of the country. 



'I'he demonstration work in heokeepinfj has heen reduced, the 

 work havin}^ heen turned over to the several States as soon as they 

 were able to continue without the help of the bureau. Work is now 

 beinjj continued in only three States. 'Phis work has n»sulted in a 

 i^reat advance in beekeepiufj in various States and has been a most 

 profitable line of work. 



The work in bee culture deals with those problems which most 

 closely affect the !)eekeeper in maintaininoj his production. Follow- 

 ing the recent decline in prices of honey, the beekeeper is in need of 

 specific assistance in order to prevent a loss of the increase in honey 

 production which occurred during the war. The work now under 

 wav is chosen so as to be most serviceable in maintaining this growing 

 branch of agriculture. 



FOB INVESTIGATIONS OF INSECTS AFFECTING CITKU.S AND OTHER 

 TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL PLANTS. 



Mr. Anderson. What is the next item ( 



Doctor Howard. There is no change in the next item, but we 

 suggest taking out the item of last year of which S10,()()() will be 

 immediately avilable for camphor scale. 



CAMPHOR SCALE IXVE.STICVTIONS. 



Doctor Ui.viNTANCE. Camphor scale was discovered two vears ago 

 in New Orleans in the shade trees on the streets and in the parks. 

 It has since been found in Mi.ssissippiat four places in which it has 

 been believed to be eradicated. But it is also found in the citrus 

 belt t)f Alabama. Mobile, and Graml Bay, the Satsunia region. The 

 Satsmua industry in that territory is develupin*; very rapidly. The 

 scale seems to have come over on shipments of commercial nursery 

 stock from Japan direct about 1011 or 1912. and has gotten 

 ([uite a start in a few orchards. It kills the small twigs t)f the citrus 

 trees, l)ut especijiily incrusts the fruit, so that the fruit should not 

 be marketed. It is practically worthless if the scale occurs in anv 

 (|uantity. We had a hearing to-day before the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board as to the advisability of Federal quarantine on this 

 scale. 



We are having the fullest cooperation with the States involved — 

 Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The citrus industry of Florida, 

 Texas, and California is much exercised over this insect and has put 

 in force effective (juarantine measures. 



