Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-01
County Inspector
Outlines Plans

The recent appointment of A. G.
Allen as district horticultural COM
missioner for the third district and
the consequent change in policy re-
garding the horticultural inspection
work of Jackson county makes it de-
sirable at this time that the present
plan be outlined to the growers,
since the success of the plan depends
upon the hearty cooperation of all
concerned.
Shortly after entering upon his Of
flee Mr.. Allen appointed M. P. Hen
derson deputy district horticultural
commissioner for the third district,
with authority of immediate super
vision over the inspection work in
Jackson county. Together Mr.. Allen
and DR.. Henderson formulated plan
of action which was submitted to the
county court and approved by them.
The county has been divided into
four inspection districts, each of
which is to have one inspector. An
inspector has not yet been assigned
to the Ashland district, but the mat
ter is under consideration with
view to immediate action.
The present plan assumes that the
inspector will be a resident of his
district, and that his operations will
be entirely within this district. He
is supposed to work his field consecu-
lively from one end to the other in
such manner as to allow the maxi
mum of time for actual inspection in
the orchards and to reduce the ex-
pense for travel to the minimum.
The inspector is a police officer"
whose duty it Is to visit all orchards
within his district at regular inter-
walls to see that they are kept free
from all pests of whatever nature
that are detrimental to the fruit in
dustry of the county. Inspection is
to be made independently of the own
er or caretaker of the orchard, and
is to involve the least time compati-
BILE with efficient work. If blight
or other pest which is the immediate
object of the visit is found within
the first few minutes to be prevalent
in an orchard, the inspector need not
prolong his stay in that orchard. 1t
is not desirable that he attempt to
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trouble or even any large percentage
of it, neither is it desirable that he
spend any time in cutting out blight
or in attempting to eradicate any
other pest from the orchard, but
rather it is his duty to call the atten-
tion of the owner of the orchard to
the fact that such pests exist in his
property, and suggest to him the ne
cessity for prompt attention to the
matter. To this end the inspector
is provided with blanks on which he
records the time spent in the orch
ard, the condition of the orchard as
far as plant disease and insect pests
are concerned, the efforts that are
being made by the owner to control
these pests, and the inspectors rec
concentrations to the grower. The
report is made out in duplicate, one
copy to be left with the orchardist
and the other to be filed in the office
of the county pathologist. The own
er or some other person connected
with the orchard will be asked tc
sign this report as a receipt
The inspection reports for al
orchards are kept permanently oil
file in the pathologist's office, 81
that from the beginning of the cur
rent year the record of conditions in
any orchard will be available at any
time. Records of all miscellaneous
inspection, such as nursery stock
shrubs, vegetables, ETC., are also or
file.
If for any reason grower desires
the services of an inspector at any
time other than that of the regular
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the pathologist's office early enough
to permit us to meet his wishes with
out interfering with work already
planned. Unless otherwise directed
from the office, the inspectors are in
strueted to follow their regular rou'
tine of work.
Our purpose in this plan is to keer
in closest possible touch with prob
lens of plant disease AMI insect con-
troll in this valley, and to render the
most efficient service possible in the
solution of these problems. This re-
suit can only be attained through
the hearty cooperation of all parties