The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-22

Is very much like tuberculosis in hui
mans. In spite OF the small number
Of bees. there is no other bee state I'm
the Union where the cost nj inspection
Is as great as In Indiana.
'The rest of the appropriation Of
$4,000 goes to nursery inspection, for
which there are few specific duties
provided by law, and small authority"
Following are the instances of sal
aries being increased in the depart
ment. which Zion cites as examples
of experts being momentarily created:
Miss Elsie Dixon. salary SEQ, rails
ed to $1,000, and labeled on the some
warrants as 'E. Dixon. pathologist'
and Miss Edna Mccormack, set down
as "E. Mccormack. botanist." In con-
trast to this 1t is found the clerk I'M
der Charles c. Dean. secretary Of the
forestry board, is paid only 5000 a
year.
What Warrants Show.
Warrants ON file in the office of
the auditor of state show Lieber and
company. Indianapolis, have received
sums ranging from $12 to $500 a month
and totalling about $500 for photo
graphic and microscopic supplies and
other equipment.
Warrants also show Inspector Geo.
DeMuth drew for March, 1910. salary
800: mileage. $4,000; livery $500; ho-
tel. $32.7O. This is typical instance
which Zion says illustrates his state
ment that the deputies of the depart
ment do not get into the country, but
spend their time In towns. Another
month for DeMuth shows salary 800:
mileage. $3.50: livery $40 and hotel.
$4,000. showing very little travelling
was done through the country.
Warrants also reveal Everett Smith
travelled in and out of Indianapolis
twelve times during March, 1910. at a
cost Of $1S2.9O. his livery bill being
only 81, showing time spent in driving
out among the farmers to have been
equal to about two days.
Experts Went Visiting.
Frank N. Wallace. deputy. made
hop-skip-and-a-jump trip, according to
warrants on file for March 81, 1910.
Two trips to Greenfield and Lawrence
are shown. and the deputy soon ap-
pears at Bloomington. Ill. Then he
is checked for Louisiana, Missouri and
st. Louis.
A receipts shows 25 cents was spent
for lime and sulphur for fighting the
scale, which some fruit growers use
to the extent OF two or three thousand
gallons day.
A warrant drawn September so. 1910
shows $500 worth of postage stamps
to have been purchased at one time.
whereas the legislature deemed pur-
chase Of 800 worth sufficient for it's
purposes.
"Nurserymen are being instructed to
sprey with pure coal oil and fumigate,
with hydrocyanic acid. which are both
deadly unless administered expertly,"
Zion said. They were never intend
ed as treatment for nursery stock,
but for Old orchards. The instruc-
tons given nurserymen are to ''fumi-
gate when sold." and as a matter of
fact a nursery stock which has had
the scale should never be sold. Yet
state certificates are attached to such
supplies to show that they are free
and clean"
There are no records filed by the
in the office of the board
Of agriculture showing the discovery of
San Jose scale in Indiana for 1910.
Zion says he holds no charges of
against the forestry
board and 1t is possible his bill may
suffer amendment in the committee so
as not to include this board which he
believes Is doing good work. His on
~ object In the original drawing of the
bill was to combine several state de-
partments for economy.
The new bill provides a state COM
missioner of horticulture and forestry.
salary $4,000; deputy. $500: steno-
grapher, $1,000: three district COM
at daily wage of IS during
specific service: regulation of nurser.
les following closely the Oregon,
and California laws.