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Another noticeable fact was the decrease in acreage which was due 

 largely to the war which caused a decrease in demand for nursery stock. 

 When the demand became less the nurserymen naturally planted a smaller 

 acreage. Also many of the Missouri nurserymen for patriotic reasons 

 lessened their acreage of nursery stock and grew a large acreage of wheat 

 and corn which was badly needed at that time. 



PLANT INSPECTION 1918-19 



During the year 1918-19 all of the nursery inspection work was done 

 by Dr. Leonard Haseman and K. C. Sullivan with some assistance by T. J. 

 Rosa, Jr., Help was very scarce and also the number of nurseries to be 

 inspected was less than ever before, due largely to the war. 



Ninety-six nurseries were inspected, of which number ninety were cer- 

 tified. A total of 1,313 acres located in forty different counties were in- 

 spected. One hundred twenty-seven cases of imported stock containing 

 314,631 plants were inspected in nine different counties. Ninety certifi- 

 cates of nursery inspection, thirty-five dealers certificates; 111 growers 

 permits and ninety-two agents permits were issued. 



The report of 1918-19 shows very conclusively the effect of the war 

 upon the nursery business in Missouri in both the number of nurseries 

 and the total acreage of stock. Due to the decrease in the demand for 

 nursery stock and the scarcity of labor, many of the smaller nurseries 

 closed down altogether and the larger ones cut down the acreage. 



In 1918-19 only two nurseries were found to be infested with San Jose 

 scale and those but slightly. In 1913 when the Missouri Plant Inspection 

 Service began to function, twenty-three nurseries were found to be in- 

 fested. Taking into consideration the fact that San Jose scale is about the 

 hardest insect known to eradicate, the Inspection Service really feels it had 

 accomplished a great deal of good in the short time which it had been 

 working. 



Up to this time the Missouri Plant Inspection Service had been main- 

 tained entirely by fees paid by the nurserymen. This source of income 

 could be relied upon, but it was entirely inadequate to carry on the work of 

 nursery and orchard inspection properly in the state. In 1917 the State 

 Legislature, realizing the importance of the nursery and orchard inspec- 

 tion work, made an appropriation of $5,000 to be used in furthering the 

 work. This appropriation, however, was not made available. In 1919 the 

 State Legislature again made an appropriation for the Plant Inspection 

 Service. This time the amount was $10,000 of which $2,000 was made avail- 

 able in 1919, thus partially placing the Plant Inspection Service on state 

 support. 



PLANT INSPECTION 1919-20 



During the year 1919-20 the nursery and orchard inspection work was 

 done by Dr. Leonard Haseman, chief inspector and K. C. Sullivan and 

 S. R. McLane, deputies. Also a small amount of work was done by R. S. 

 Springate. As was stated before $2,000 of the appropriation made by the 

 State Legislature was made available for the work during 1919-20 with 



