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gist, and let him in conjunction with the Entomologist of 

 New York state formulate a plan which will satisfy both 

 states. In addition to that we impose a state tax of twenty 

 dollars on every nurseryman who does business in the state 

 of Virginia, and all that money goes into the hands of the 

 State Entomologist, about six or seven thousand dollars, and 

 he spends that money in traveling around the state and in- 

 specting nursery stock, and we find it works admirably. We 

 find it shuts out the tree peddler, because he can't afiford to 

 pay that tax. and the State Entomologist is authorized to 

 withdraw a license at any time his instructions are violated, 

 and he can shut up any nursery in the state under twenty- 

 four hours, and we have found that our law works admirably, 

 and I think it would not be a bad idea, so that instead of mak- 

 ing a hard and fast rule in your law, to leave the matter in 

 the hands of your State Entomologist. 



Mr. T. E. Cross : This same matter was thrashed out in 

 our eastern New York state association two years ago in 

 New York city, and this question of compulsory fumigation of 

 all imported stock was very carefully gone over, and if I 

 recollect the response of the State of Connecticut was that 

 we want a line drawn right down through that stock, and 

 that it must be fumigated and have a clean bill of health, or 

 else it would come back. Now I know right across the river 

 from Poughkeepsie there were peach orchards that it was 

 supposed were perfectly free from scale, aside from the owner ; 

 the owner suspected there was scale in there, and he made a 

 careful examination and found scale in there, and for the 

 sake of testing the capability of the state inspector he had some 

 of them come there and examine the trees, and I am told that 

 the inspector didn't find a scale.. If you have any law, let 

 it hew right to the line on both sides, that would be my opinion, 

 if I was figuring from the point of a resident of this state. 



A Member: This proposed change in the law, I suppose, 

 will put the matter just the same on one side of the fence as 

 it is on the other, that is, make our people do just the same as 

 other people do who send stufif in here, and I am in favor of 

 that. 



