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that if a man can show that he raises 50 per cent or more of the stock he 
sells, we regard him as a nurseryman and entitled to a regular certificate. 
Sec. 2. Provides for the creation of a state horticultural inspection 
board, forming a court of appeal from an inspector’s decision. 
Comment: Since there would be some delay in getting members of this 
board together to relieve the distress of some nurseryman who might think 
he had been wronged, some provision should be made for more prompt 
settlement than a meeting of the full board. 
Sec. 10. “It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in 
this state knowingly to permit any dangerous insect or plant diseases, here- 
by declared to be a public nuisance, to exist on their premises. It shall 
also be unlawful to offer for sale any infested or infected stock.” 
Comment: We regard this as a most excellent provision. 
Sec. 13. “Nurserymen, dealers, or any person, firm or corporation de- 
siring to sell or ship nursery stock shall make application before July 1st 
of each year to the State Nursery Inspector for inspection of their stock 
and any one failing to comply with this section shall be liable for extra 
charges to cover traveling expenses of the inspector.” 
Comment: This also we regard as being a most excellent provision. 
Sec. 14. Par. 1 has to do with the issuing of a certificate, which cer- 
tificate sets forth the fact of the inspection and also the number of acres or 
fractions thereof inspected. 
Comment: Some Minnesota nurserymen might possibly object to their 
acreage being made public. 
Sec. 15 provides that all dealers shall secure a dealers’ certificate by 
furnishing a sworn affidavit that they will buy and sell only stock which 
has been duly inspected and certified to by an official inspector and that he 
will maintain v/ith the inspector a list of all sources from which he secures 
his stock. 
Comment: We have not this latter provision in Minnesota, but it seems 
to be a most excellent thing. 
Sec. 18 states that it shall be unlawful to willfully misrepresent the 
character and variety of stock offered for sale or to make a false declaration 
of acreage or to cause any concealment of stock from inspection. 
In the same section, any person, firm or corporation selling nursery 
stock in the state shall, if requested, furnish the inspector with copies of 
their order forms, contracts and agreements which are furnished for the 
use of agents or customers or both. 
Sec. 20. “The use of tags or posters bearing an invalid or altered 
certificate and the misuse of any invalid certificate is prohibited.” 
Minnesota nurserymen are probably aware of the fact that 
Canadian authorities have opened a new fumigation station at 
North Portal, Sask., and that the Canadian importation season 
was not extended from October 7th to October 1st, as at first 
planned. The Entomologist decided that it would not be desir- 
able to fumigate nursery stock as early as October 1st, accord- 
ingly no change has been made in the Canadian regulations. 
Field Mice in Nursery and Orchard. 
Field mice have caused Minnesota horticulturists enormous 
losses by the girdling of orchard, nursery and young shade trees. 
In one season (1902) nursery stock in the vicinity of Rochester, 
New York, suffered a loss of $100,000 due to the work of field 
mice. We have no hesitancy in saying that the war of extermi- 
