Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-26

salaries ana paying tloN -.L ma
tate found what was before 1t, put tne "o1N d,
grown and more help was needed. G.
Mr.. Fastening then suggested the raising O Of
. fund on the SPOT so that the work OF lnspec-
coald be begun and in a few minutes there
Vas Dos nearly 5000 in the treasury. upon tne :"
recommendation of Prof. Tucker, who testlneo !
10 hs qualifications, Arthur Lastrappes was 2
~ade a special inspector. Mr.. Fastening, VINO 3
ID also president of the Plaquemines Parish 70 =
lice Jury, said that he felt shre that ina. Dooy 8
would subscribe $500 towards the campaign - !
there were many small growers in the parish {
uho would hardly be able to Subscribe anything Is
and because the parish was deeply interested
in the eradication of the pest Other parishes
might also be induced to aid |.
Thi. organization and action thus taken was
then followed by some discussion concerning the
natter Of quarantine and Dr.. Sam H. Dixon
chief nursery inspector of Texas stated t'as ne
regretted the drastic measures proposed Dy the
neetinc. which actually debarred cooperation.
He stated that he had just come from 3 meeting
with Alabama and Mississippi at Gultport,
where a different spirit had been displayed. ne
stated. further, that Texas had orange canker
IN ak of her counties and she had the funds ana
the men sufficient to extertninate the pest and
;s doing 90. He believed that in sixty days
there would not be q vestige OF the disease
there. He claimed that Louisiana is no more
vitality interested than the other states and tlat
Texas does not desire to quarantine proViueo
the proper preventive measures are being taken
Quarantine puts a ban on business and it does
not seem Just to say that the word OF the IN
~anectors will not be accepted. He held that
quarantine is only justified when the state
ouarantined against is not making any efforts
at eradication. He held that we were all en-
Gagged IN a common cause and assured the meet
inc that no nursery men in Texas would De
riyen a permit to ship as long as there was any
danger.
Mr.. Henderson then called attention to the
fact that the disease had been brought into
Louisiana in certified stock from Dotn texas anu
Florida. The certificates had been ISSUED IN
mod faith; but the damage had been done. The
idea now was to guard against further Damage.
Mr.. F. A. Wolf, Alabama plant patholog1st,
then told what Alabama had done. The disease
had been known there since March and was the
most serious that had appeared thus far. Inc
growers had been invited to a meeting at MO
Nile and decided upon . quarantine against the
t~rifoliate plants..from al sources. It was oe
eided, however, thAtwhen q nursery Or 9 sec
t;on il declared free nadd fht pest it may Re
snme shipping. Some sss7S lad been raised 70
;nspectors in the Mobile distrixs|and the Mobll
merchants had pledged to incrsssse the fund
* oo. A campaign Of education had been pu
! IN and all the expenditure is based on the the
DRY that it is most economical not 70 run IN
t risks.
i Dr.. c. W. Egerton. the Louisiana patholoa'
{ ii. showed specimens which displayed the fa'
that the canker attacked every variety OF cltro
fruits. although it was worse on grape fruit an
trifol;ate. The fungus is easily blown abo'
It md in the course Of ten days It intects y
= whole orchard. It tastens on the leaves g w
a on the fruit. He did not deem it advisah
to ship from . nursery the same year tnat .
disease had entered. Under the present g
cnmstances he thought it was wise 20 quar-
4 tine until the canker was better known.
Mr.. Hates told Of the many plants destroy
4 Nv Florida during the eradication cannpai2
n. Berger stated that there was no more g
cor from Florida because that state dad !
ia practice q double code Of morals. y was =
i'd TO depend upon her certificates
n Il response to Mr.. Commander, Mr. =
"a stated that no large trees had been burned
70 ca,se the law did not authorize the destt1lct
of orchard stock, only nursery. But inc
~ .h..a ,ooo,lo noade IN their own funds, tnsps