The record-union., 1899-01-12
HORTICULTURAL MATTERS.
WHAT THE COUNTY BOARD
HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
First Report Of the Commissioners
an Presented to the Board
Of Supervisors.

County Horticultural Commissioners
William Johnston, E. Booth and George
H. Cutter yesterday filed their report
with the Supervisors as follows:
Sacramento, jan 10, 1899.
To the Honorable Board Of Super
visors: The Horticultural Commission
ers appointed by the Supervisors June
is, 1898, formed a board by electing
William Johnston Chairman, George
H. Cutter Secretary. E. Booth being
the third member.
Secretary Lelong of the State Board
as a place of meeting.
The board appointed Robert William
son Inspector at a salary Of $3.50 Fer
day, for such days as he performed
service.
Inspectors serve at the pleasure Of the
board.
AS our appropriation would not per-
nit us to keep an Inspector constant
ly, we appointed Mr.. Williamson for
the fall months, to inspect the fruit
markets and commission houses, for
scaly and wormy fruit, which he did in
most thorough manner, consigning
small lots to the slop barrel, and caus-
ing some sixteen lots, one of a carload,
to be reshipped to the consignor.
The Inspector keeps a written daily
account Of all work performed which is
submitted to the Commissioners at
their meetings. y
He reports the citrus trees about the
city and State grounds to be very bad
ly infested with scale, which will be
q attended To ,,i fcsc
For such work there has been ex-
pended to date $12S.75.
The plan the board will adopt as far
as practical for their spring work, will
be to divide the county into three dis
tricts, the Sacramento River, American
River and the Costumes River appoint
ing an Inspector for each district, to
work under the immediate supervision
Of the Commissioner who resides in the
district. The Inspectors, to serve two
months, February and March, to in
spect and enforce the spraying of the
fruit trees.
We have received a request from
Warden Aull of Folsom asking for an
Inspector for that district, which in
cludes Orangevale and Fair Oaks, these
being planted the orange groves Of Sac
ramento County
During the planting season, which
lasts until June with the citrus trees,
we have been receiving into the county
on an average of thirty thousand citrus
trees, for distribution, also carloads of
deciduous trees, all which have to be
inspected.
The law states that all shipments re-
ceived by the railroad company shall
be reported to the Inspector.
To attend 10 the nursery stock, and
that is shipped into our county would
take the time of one Inspector.
AS a board, we think to do this work
in the manner the fruit industry COM
mands, 1t will take four Inspectors in
the field, for at least two months, and
one constantly in the city.
We have a balance Of S771.25 of our
$500 appropriation to defray the ex-
penses of the above.
Sacramento County was represented
at the Fruit Growers Convention held
of Commissioners.
The Horticultural Commissioners
holding a convention at the same time,
each Commissioner giving his expert
ence by which means much valuable
information was gained.
Such conventions should be encour-
aged. Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM JOHNSTON,
E. BOOTH,
GEORGE II CTTTsTFyP