The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
Board of Horticulture Prescr1bes
Rules That Must Govern
Fruit Growers.
A RIGID INSPECTION
Foreign Nursery Stock and Orchards
as Well Have to Be Examined
by Inspectors.

ture at the earnest request Of the fruit
growers of every section Of the state,
and Of which I. D. O'Donnell Of this
city is president, has begun its work in
earnest by the adoption Of a set OF rules
and regulations for the government of
those who grow fruit and, in the Ian
guage Of the preamble, "for the pur-
pose of preventing the importation and
spread of contagious diseases among
fruit, fruit trees and nursery stock and
for the treatment, cure and %extirpation
of fruit pests, and asking the earnest
cooperation of all fruit growers, deal.
ers and all persons interested il main.
tanning the present high grade of Mon
tana fruit, in carrying out the i'm.
portant work.
The rules provide fully for the in
spection Of nursery stock, which Is be-
ginning at the beginning Of the whole
evil. Rule two, governing that branch
of the work, is:
Rule 2. All nursery stock, trees,
plants, vines and cuttings of any kind,
shipped into or brought into the state
of Montana. before delivery to the pur-
ClHSSI SLNlA OO luSpCCtCN uuu NCSN
as hereinafter provided, as follows:
"All such nursery stock, trees,
plants, vines and cuttings transported
over the Northern Pacific railway, from
the west, shall be inspected and fumi-
gated at the city of Missoula.
"All such nursery stock, trees, vines,
plants and cuttings transported over
the Oregon Short Line from the south,
shall be inspected and treated at Dillon.
"All nursery stock, trees, plants,
vines and cuttings transported over the
Northern Pacific railway from the east,
or over the Burlington railway, shall
he inspected and treated at Miles City
eor Billings.
"A]l such nursery stock, trees,
plants, vines ard cuttings, transported
from the west over the Great Northern
railway, shall be inspected and treated
at Kalispell.
"All such nursery stock, trees,
plants, vines or cuttings transported
from the north over the Great Falls &
Canada railway, and from the east over
the Great Northern railway, shall be
.ihspected and treated either at Glas.
cow, Chinook, Fort Benton or Great
Falls.
"All such nursery stock, trees,
plants, vines and cuttings brought into
the state of Montana by wagon shall be
inspected and treated at the nearest
quarantine station, as hereinafter men.
toned, to the point where such nursery
stock, trees, plants, vines or cuttings
enter the state.
1.-THE said cities Of Billings, Miles
City, Dillon. Missoula, Kalispell, Great
Falls, Fort Benton, Chinook and Glas.
gov are hereby designated as quaran-
tine stations, where all nursery stock,
trees, plants and cuttings shall be in.
spected and f%umigated, except as other.
wise provided for in these rules and
regulations.
1.-The certificate Of the inspector max
ing such examination and inspection
shall exonerate the shipper and con
signee from any penalties provided by
law"
Importers of nursery stock, trees
plants. vines and cuttings who desire
to have them inspected and fumigatef
at points in Montana other than thu
regular quarantine stations, may hav'
the inspection and f%umigation made a
any point designated by the impOrte
Or owner; provided that the importe
or owner shall pay all charges Of in
spection and fumigatiOn. and all ex
penses Of the officer employed in inspec
ton and f%umigation, the charges ant
expenses to be paid before a certificat
is granted.
1t is required that all packages
wrapping and packing used III the i'm
portaticn of fruits, nursery stock, trees
plants, vines and cuttings into the stat
shall be destroyed by burning as 500
as emptied of their contents. 1t j
made a misdemeanor to permit the cut
ting or debris of nursery stock to &C
cumulate, and the inspector is require
to see that it IS destroyed by burning
The inspector of each district, as pre-
vided by another rule, is required t
inspect every orchard in his distrit
once a year and see that the owner
obey the instructions Of the state board
Rule seven makes it unlawful I
spray any uIee III SuruD Wueu IL Is !
bloom with any substance injurious
bees or honey.
Other rules prescribe the duties
the inspectors with reference to I'll
making Of reports and details Of til
clerical work. Inspectors are Above
$5 a day, but are required to pay the
W expenses.
The board makes the following Ii
Of insects and fungi to be guarde
against: Insects-San Jose scale, oyst'
shell bark louise, woolly hais. codli
moth. Wathead ale tree borer, blist'
mite of the pear. Fungi-Appie rus
black knot of plums. twig blight of II
pear. leaf blight Of the apple. II
rules contain the following instruction