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farms of our country than any of the infectious 

 or contagious diseases of the livestock industry. 

 Steps should be taken before this year's 

 crop is harvested to prohibit the importation 

 of potatoes to America from any of the infected 

 districts of Europe. All of the vessels plying 

 between Europe and the United States use foreign 

 grown potatoes, and it would be very easy for 

 those potatoes to get ashore, and it is also easy 

 for emigrants to take seed stocks with them. 



"I feel that I am your personal representative 

 over here in the potato industry, and I am sure 

 that with this full information you will do all in 

 your power to protect the American potato grower 

 from the chances of the introduction of this 

 disease, just as you have protected the 'livestock 

 grower from the animal diseases of the countries 

 of Europe." 



Following up this important work the senior 

 author brought the matter to the attention of 

 Senator Guggenheim of Colorado, who, on April 

 6, 1911, introduced the following bill in the 

 Senate of the United States: 



"To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to more 

 effectually suppress and prevent the spread of 

 diseases of potatoes known as black scab and 

 wart disease, and for other purposes. 



" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 

 Representatives of the United States of America 

 in Congress assembled, That in order to enable 

 the Secretary of Agriculture to effectually sup- 

 press and extirpate diseases of potatoes known 

 as black scab and wart disease, and to prevent 

 the spread of such diseases, the Secretary of 



