REPORT OIT II'SPSCTION OF I'lURSERY STOCK FOR "TRUEI!F33 T3 K/jiS" DURING 1948 



The 1940 nursery ins-oection trips cohered essentially tlie scjae territory as 

 last year Tvith the exception of lova and Missouri, 



Travel dist-a;.ice to these tv;o states suggests a bieniiial ratl.er tha^i en annual 

 inspection, Tvro nevi concerns, one in Ohio and one in Pennsylvania v/ere added to 

 the list of nurseries inspected, malcing a total of 28 for 1948, In general, t'le 

 airiount of stock inspected r.-as materially less than last year in most nurseries, due 

 to ret renclij lent by most fruit nurseries and adverse r/eather conditions v;hich- reduced 

 ina-nji stands of stock. The nu:aber of nisnaraed trees found ■i.'as smaller than usual, 



I'o systematic inspection work v;as done on peaches in 194S nor is any plaxined 

 for the near future, 



— A, P, French 



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FIRE PR3Vi:i?TI0N 



Fire not only claLns thousraids of lives e\rery year, -but fire-caused destruction 

 threatens a loss of three-quarters of a billion dollars in 1948 alone. Of all the 

 catastrophes rrhlch afflict majikind, fire is perhaps least deserving of the tei-m 

 "accident," .'."e caiinot prevent earthqua!:es, torrential rains, or hurricanes. 



But most fires are preve;itable. Man, not -"Tature, is careless in disposing of 

 a natch or a cigarette. Meai, not l.'ature, thoughtlessly piles up inf lai,imable 

 materials i:i basements or attics and permits the development of other fire hazards, 

 Sin6e the best defense against fire is alertness, everyone is urged to malcc a 

 special effort to remove fire hazards and to build up habits of fire prevention. 



In fulfilling our responsibility to assist in every feasible vfaj/ in making the 

 public aviare of the groat neod for fire-prevention activities," I \i.rge every agency 

 of the Department to support the program of fire proifention", says Charles F, 

 Prai'inan, Secretary of Agriculture, "Let us cooperate completely i.'ith farm organi- 

 zations, local fire departments, raid other agencies to curb fire losses. Let 

 those T;ho have contact v;ith fanii people stress the importance of eliminating fire 

 hazards from fani'. buildings and r arununitics , Let uS' all, as good citizens, find 

 ajid eliminate si'ch fire hazards as may e::ist in :uid about our I'An.i homes, 



"Host fires are m.an-nade. Therefore, most fires are preventable. Let us 

 prevent them -- by being alert — active — cooTorativo," 



DO YOU KHOVf 



That the vmste from pear canning plants is suitable for grov/ing high protein, 

 high vitaiain yeast for use in pvoultry food? One half of the hundred thousand tons 

 of pear v.'aste available tmnually could bo made to produce 1,500 tons of concen- 

 trated feed vrorth (:250,000. 



That apples in Yakima oxid. \'ena,tcheo, Y.'ashington arc much smaller this year 

 than normally? In contrust to the large sizes of past sno.sons, many Delicious arc 

 in the medium size class. V/ith the Delicious cro-^ about Io^j aiid Jonathan 20% 

 belovr estimates, the 'Vashington total is certain to shrinlc bolov/ the five year 

 average. 



