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 PROGRAM — HORTICULTURAL INSPECTION AND QUARAl>iTINE SERVICES 



GOAL 



Assist and serve consumers, buyers and sellers of produce, nursery 

 stock and beans. 



OBJECTIVES 



Enlarge upon and maintain programs with other agencies, in order 

 to assign multiple inspection duties to field inspectors; which in turn 

 will continue professional services and retain the expertise necessary 

 to serve the trade. 



ACHIEVEMENTS 



A hi^ly successful potatoe and cherry inspection packing season 

 was implemented, which resulted in no shipping point reversals and an 

 excellent relationship with the trade. 



The eradication of fifty (50) barberry bushes , resulted in an es- 

 timated savings to Montana agriculture of two million five hundered 

 thousand dollars. One barberry bush could cause fifty thousand dollars 

 in rust damage. 



PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ...... .FISCAL YEAR 



1968-1969 1959-1970 1970-1971 



Cost: $154,049 $149,881 $147,114 



Performance : Numbers : 



Packaged Fruits & Vegetables 



Conditioned and Condemned 13,101 



Office and Field Inspections 13,746 



Inspection Certificates Issued 



Fruits and Vegetables 3,446 



Nursery Stock Inspected 1,481,751 



Nursery Stock Condemned or Destroyed 689 



Home Grown Fruits & Vegetables Inspected (Carload Lots) - Rail-Truck-Total 



965^ 1,894 2,859% 

 Imported Fruits and Vegetables Inspected (Carload Lots) •- Rail-Truck-Total 



54% 5,642 5,696% 



Packaged Fruits and Vegetables Inspected Imported — Home Grown 



2,650,693 1,243,873 



Office Data: 



Letters, Circulars, Bulletins, Phone Calls, Meetings Attended — Total 



3,491— 1,425 737 11 5,654 



Inspector's Data: 



Letters Answered, Phone Calls, Meetings Attended — Total 



3,696 5331 56 .— 9,083 



