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Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia 

 will probably pass laws this winter if they have not already 

 done so. 



The other states which are now without horticultural pest 

 laws are : 



Arkansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, Texas, 



Connecticut, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Vermont, 



Florida, Mississippi, North Dakota, Wisconsin, 



Kansas, Missouri, Rhode Island, Wyoming. 



Maine, Nebraska, South Dakota, 



It is obvious froin the foregoing that a national measure 

 would be more satisfactory as regards uniformity, at least, than 

 the various state laws. Fourteen states have special appropria- 

 tions, varying from $300 per annum in Delaware to $10,500 

 a year in Idaho. In several states no special appropriation is 

 made, but the necessary expenses are paid out of the treasury 

 of the state or county. The smallest allowance would seem 

 to be in Louisiana, where the fines after paying fees and costs 

 of prosecution are supposed to cover the expenses. 



The methods of carrying out the work are quite different. 

 In some states the law provides only for nursery inspection, 

 while in others orchards as well as nurseries are examined. 



Seven states have state entomologists in charge of this in- 

 spection work. In some cases the men appointed already held 

 positions at the College or Experiment Station and receive no 

 increase in salary. 



Delaware has a state inspector appointed by the Governor. 



In three states the State Board of Horticulture, and in one 

 the State Board of Agriculture, are charged with carrying out 

 the provisions of the laws. 



New York has a state entomologist, but the law places the 

 work of inspection under the direction of the commissioner of 

 agriculture. 



The State Experiment Station is authorized to prosecute 

 the work in each of three different states. 



North Carolina has a Crop Pest Commission for the pur- 

 pose, California has county boards of horticulture, while in 

 Colorado the county commissioners appoint inspectors who are 

 examined and licensed by the professor of entoinology in the 



