Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-04-12
NEW LAW WILLARD
FRUIT GROWERS
Inspector Mcpherson Discusses The
Changes That wac Made by
the Legislature

There Ia confusion In the minds OF
some as to the changes made by the
recent legislature in the laws relat-
ing directly to fruit and the care OF
trees. 1t is the general impression
that additional safeguards were
thrown about the consuming public
to protect them from infected fruit
and that the laws as to spraying
were made more stringent than for
merly. To clear up all doubt ON these
and other points, J. U. Mcpherson,
state horticultural inspector, anaiy-
zes the work of the legislators as at
fecting his department. He says:
THE changes in the horticulture
law, as enacted by the recent ses-
sion of the legislature, has in a great
many ways broadened and strength
ened that law. A new provisO was
added, where the owner or owners,
or the person or persons in charge
are to be required to spray and Grad
icate any and all insect pests and dis
eases, and If they fail and neglect to
comply with the orders given by the
horticulture department, In case any
ipanct
then the department shall take
charge of the property and eradicate
all diseases found ON such property,
and this work done by the depart
ment Immediately becomes q lien
Ipon the land, while under the old
law 1t had to be collected In civil
suit.
This change In the law will help
in eradicating the different pests
throughout the state, and where the
owner or owners or persons In charge
are neglectful in doing So 1t also
provides that the state inspector and
deputy inspectors have a right to
place quarantine against any and all
orchards which 10 liable to spread
contagion, and the state inspector is
also given power to quarantine any
state or territory in the United
States or any part of the same upon
the approval of the horticulture board
and the signature OF the governor.
TT also changes the law In re-
gard to nurserymen so that they are
required to take out an annual IL
cense and an annual agent license
for each one of their agents, where
as under the old law the nursery
mans license and agents license was
allowed to run from year to year
without being renewed.
1T provides further that In vio-
lations of any section OF hOrticul-
ture law that violaters shall be fined
not less than $25 nor more than
$500, and In case fine la not paid
they can be committed to Jail until
such a fine Is paid at the rate OF
81 per day for each day so COM
mitted. 1t Is also unlawful under the
new law for any person to sell or
offer to sell under any condition any
infested fruit except to a by-product
factory, and each by-product factory
handling such infected fruit and
making into by-products such in
tested fruit is required to take out >
license. This License costs $40 per
year. 1t provides, however, that 1t
will not be necessary for any grower
to procure such license for the manu-
facture of his own fruit into by
products, or for the gift, sale or dis
tribution OF such by-products. 1t
also provides that all apple and pear
trees of bearing age In the state, in
tested or known to be infested at
any previous season with the cod
Ling moth, must be sprayed at least
twice each season with arsenic Of
lead solution or some other spray
that will give the same effect. The
first spraying is to be made within
80 days Of the first appearance OF
blossoms, the second 20 days later.
There were also additional laws
providing for certain strengths OF
lime and sulphur which will govern
the manufacture OF this solution, and
1t also makes the custom sprayer
use certain killing strength OF this
solution. This will assure parties
having their trees sprayed by custom
sprayers that the work be properly
done, and it will also compel the
custom sprayers to maintain a force