Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-16
LEGISLATORS HEAR
 INTERESTING FACTS
 ABOUT INSECT PEST
Chief EntomoI9giSt Merrill Seeks Increase in Funds to be De- voted 10 State Horticultural Commission.

PHOENIN. May l5-Some interest ing facts were given the house appro. rriation committee today by Chief Eu. to.nologist A W Morrill, then the House had under consideration tRe abpIcpriBdon for the State ueu.cul- tGral Commission lt was proposed Co increase from S120O0 Co SllpOo a year the appropriation and iu addition provide a reserve fund of Siuoo for emergency
 IT. answer Co fhe question Dr Mcr- rih addressed the house ss loiUns.
 "' desire 70 present some general information which has a dire boar ius upon the matter
 "It has been estimated bv cntumole- sists that the annual per capita loss from insect pests Ia the entire United Sates amounts tu A1b.Ee Men who have spent years in tho mvestigatiou et insect pests have secured fairly ac. curate figures as To thc losses from these pests. The licssiau F4N. the leading wheat pest causes loss which amounts Go S.Io per capita. the Cot ton Boil Nse1n causes loss Co the cotton crop in the United States. on the per cspita basis ol the sun of S15: the Coding Moth causes dam age to fruit. including the cost oi sprayiug amoJn,s Go s.2o per capita the San Jose Scale causes lc ses amounting to SI0 per capita These with hundreds of other insect pests readily bring the total Co more than $l6eU. as stated above
 ln Arizona duriu- the past five years as reported in The annual re. ports of the Horticultural Commits sion, siNy-rhret Jinercpj kinds of in. sect pests have caused losses Co crops The tota, annual loss iH Ar'- zona from insect pests has been este mated aj SloG0,00U This amount is reached by toaiips the estimated losses of many different insect, .u practically eseIy ease Informed farmers and fruit grow ers would con- slider that these individual estimates are far too low uu this basis hau- ever. the per capita loss from insect pests in Arizona amounts to Si29. Probably s6.e0 or S1nO would be nearer the actual amounts, but 1 have preferred yo have my estimate 20 low in this matter that no one could ques- tion their coEsel,s
 h single insect smaller than aa in- dNidual alfalfa seed tha alfalfa seed Chalcis Fly causes losses in this ..l per year. this amounts To sI-1 per capita for the present population o. the State. The Co6Iiul Moth cause. losses which amounts 70 s"o per cap. i,s end the Jhripe which Is SO dc stIuCtIye co the uropa-srlou oi THi- tres throughout Arizona, .s responsible for the loss oi fully S.-- per capita All of these losses are virtually JaNo, and the only means of reducn- such taxes is by inves'iaabon leading tO d knowledge of thc control oI the pests At the present time there 3. pIaWc ally nothing available .1T giving aj tention to this important matter not withstanding the urgent demand. which come Go my OhiCe from an part. Of. the State, for information and ad vice, I can only give tle best avail able information and do the best I cal to direct new and mere suitable rem cdies without expense.
 As a bushes proposition it scent 10 me that the State can easily afford few cents per capita per year il order to stop as far as possible thi leak in the States resourcCs Of mor' than a S1O00O0o a year
 The prevention of the introduction of the Pink Boil Worm of Eeypt credit for which Is due be Plant ln spection Service of Arizona is Wo1i more Co the State than tha entire au