PLANT INSPECTION IN MISSOURI 



Also some of them were infested with San Jose scale. A total of twenty- 

 three nurseries were found to be infested in 1913 while in 1914 the number 

 infested was twenty-seven. Many of the nurseries which were found in- 

 fested in 1913 had been thoroughly cleaned up but as a large percentage of 

 the nurseries inspected for the first time in 1914 were found infested the 

 total number of infested nurseries was higher than in 1913. As in 1913 the 

 amount of foreign stock received in 1914-15 was large and a great deal of 

 time was spent in inspecting it. 



The results of the nursery inspection work in 1914-15 showed that the 

 problem of eradicating the San Jose scale from the infested nurseries was 

 indeed a great one and plans were made to push with increased vigor the 

 work of eradication. 



PLANT INSPECTION 1915-16 



During the summer of 1915 the inspection work was done by A. H. 

 Hollinger, Assistant in Entomology who was appointed to fill the vacancy 

 caused by the resignation of Mr. Talbert, and by K. C. Sullivan and J. H. 

 Shepherd who were appointed deputy inspectors for the summer. All 

 these were under the direction of Dr. Haseman, chief inspector. The 

 scope of the work was greatly enlarged in 1915 and a large acreage of 

 orchards were inspected in practically every county of the state. 



Of the 173 nurseries inspected in 1915-16, 161 were certified. Two 

 thousand six hundred and two acres of nursery stock was inspected in 

 forty-six different counties and 489 cases containing 325,106 foreign plants 

 were inspected in fourteen different counties. 



One hundred and sixteen nursery inspection certificattes; eighty-seven 

 dealers certificates; 125 growers permits and 300 agents permits were is- 

 sued by the Plant Inspection Service in 1915-16. 



It will be noticed that in 1915-16, 173 nurseries were inspected as corn- 

 pared to 135 in 1914-15. This increase was due to the fact that many of 

 the strawberry growers in Southwest Missou- 

 ri who had exceedingly fine beds wished to ___^^^___^^ - _ 

 sell and ship plants and in order to meet the 

 requirements of the different states had their 

 plant beds inspected. 



Twenty-four nurseries of the 173 inspect- 

 ed were found to be infested with San Jose 

 scale while in 1914 twenty-seven nurseries out 

 of 136 inspected were infested. This reduc- 

 tion of scale-infested nurseries was due large- 

 ly to the efforts of the Inspection Service and 

 its ability to cooperate with the nurserymen 

 in a just and fair manner. Altho the nursery 

 and orchard inspection service has police 

 power, at no time was it necessary to use this 

 power in connection with the San Jose scale 

 clean up work. The scale clean up work was 

 conducted as an educational project and in 

 every case the nurseryman was glad to do his 



FIG. 4. Looking down the row 

 /f a block of seedling peach- 

 es. These are peaches ready 

 to bud 



