Milford chronicle., 1901-06-21
, State B onrd Of AgrieuIture Meeting.

State B GARD Of Agriculture Meeting.
The State Board of Agriculture held
a special meeting in Milford on Tues
day afternoon for the consideration of
the best methods of applying the peach
yellows law. All the members of the
Board was present, Ethe farmers having
been invited to attend its meeting re-
sponded in small numbers. There was
the expression of but one opinion and
that was that the law should be en-
forced as speedily and as vigorously as
circumstances will permit. Because OF
the extremely busy season no one would
think of compelling the growers to-
take the trees out, root and branch al
this time; but as every diseased tree Is
a menace to all healthy trees the gene
raj view was that such diseased trees
should be cut off at the earliest possible
moment, leaving the stumps to be re-
moved later.
The Board decided to issue a circular
to be given to the newspapers and to
be otherwise circulated setting
forth the requirements of the law and
to notify owners and tenants that the
trees affected with Fellows must be cut
off before certain stated time during
this summer, and the stumps removed
early next winter.
The law is -
SECTION 4-That in order to abate and pre-
vent eradicate and exterminate the disease
of fruit trees known as the San Jose Scale,
the peach yellows, the pear blight, and all
other iniuriously dangerous insect pests and
plant diseases which may appear ID this
State, It shall be the duty Of the Board OF Az
ricuIture to seek out and suppress in the man
ner herein provided all the injurious insect
pests and diseases hereinbefore mentioned
and also any new diseases or pests destruc-
tive to the agricultural and horticultural IN
terests Of the State, and also to conduct eX-
periments when necessary to accomplish
that end; and upon knowledge OF the eNls-
tence Of any of said diseases, or any new dis
ease or insect pest in any of the fruit trees
plants, vines, shrubs and grains of this state
to mark or tag in some conspicuous way all
such trees, plants, vines shrubs or grains and
4 to notify in writing the owner or owners
thereof or the tenant in possession OF the
premises in which the said trees ,vines,Dlants
shrubs or grains are found of the existence
2 therein of said disease, or any new disease al
D aforesaid, and to prescribe the proper treat
ment and remedies therefor, and should sucl
owner or owners OF said infested trees, vines
4 plants, shrubs or grains, or the tenant or ten
: ants in possession of the premises WHEREOF
said trees plants, vines, shrubs or grains ar
found, neglect, fail or refuse within ten day
after receiving the notice aforesaid to appl!
7 the remedy or remedies prescribed by tn
I BOARD of Agriculture and also in the name
and at the times as ordered and directed b.
the said Board, then and in such case it sha
# be the duty OF the said Board, its agents o
servants to cause the remedy or remedies pre-
= scribed to be applied at the expense OF Tn
u owner or owners of such infested trees plant
Il vines, shrubs or grains, and said Board sha
8 have the power when 1t deems 1t neeessar!
q to cause the trees, plants. vines, shrubs q
grains so infested as aforesaid to be destroye
. at the expense of the owner or owners thereO
o or the tenant or tenants in possession 1
% aforesaid and the loss to fall upon such own'
a or owners, tenant or tenants, as aforesaid.
The said Board of Agriculture, its agent
oficerso or servants, shall treat or have treate
E. at the expense of the owner or owners
a order to prevent the spread or disseminate
I, of the aforesaid insects or diseases, or an
new ones which may appear, any and all su
D. picious trees, vines, shrubs, plants or grail
ID found to be in a dangerous proximity to tho
s. infested as aforesaid.
n SECTION 5-That should any owner
;, owners of any trees, vines, shrubs, plants
IL grains infested as aforesaid, or the tenant
tenants in possession Ofthe premises where'
any such trees, vines, shrubs, or grains a
found or should any owner or owners of a
trees,vines, shrubs, plants, or grains in da
10 gerous proximity to those infested as afo
said fail, neglect or refuse after thirty da.
. notice by said BOardtO pay all the expen'
~ incurred by the said Board in treating or
tie destroying such infested trees, plants, shru
cd vines or grains, or those in dangerous pre-
~ unity thereto he or they shall be guilty. o
~ misdemeanor, and upon conviction Their
Up. shall be fined not less than double the amoI
IN of the expenses incurred by the said Board
cv treating or destroying the trees, plants win
~ shrubs or grains aforesaid, and shall also
liable in a civil suit to be brought in the ma
ay of the estate Board of Agriculture" for
Ich recovery of such expenses, together with
costs of suit Said action may be brou
80. befOee any Justice of the Peace of the cOu
wherein such trees. plants, vines, shrubs
rh' grains mentioned herein are found, or in
ip- hyperion Court of the State Of Delawar
the any county. The right Ofappeal shall be
E same as in other civil causes.