Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-13
NOTICE

To All Whom This May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that on
Friday. May 18th. 1880. at ten o.
clock a. m, in the county court
room in the courthouse in Browns
vile. Texas. a hearing will be had
upon report made under the direc-
ton Of Honorable George B. Ter
rell. commissioner OF agriculture Of
the state Of Texas. In accordance
with Chapter is. laws Of the 4lst
Legislature Of TIE state Of Texas.
second called session. said report
being in words and figures as fol-
lows:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE. STATE OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
April 10. 1880.
Hon. Commissioners Court,
Cameron County. Texas.
Gentlemen.
/ am directed by the commission
err Of agriculture TO report 70 you
whether the Mexican fruit fly.
Anastrepha ludens. exists in your
locality and. If so. what method or
means may be employed to effect
its control OF eradication. as pro-
vided in Section 8 of Chapter IS,
Second Called Session Of the Forty
first Legislature.
I have to report that this insect
has been found to exist at several
places in the citrus belt Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. Of which
your county constitutes an import
ant part. This pest has been known
to exist in some parts of the Re-
public Of Mexico for a number Of
years. whence 1t was Undoubtedly
introduced into your section. Re-
ports from that country indicate
that it is a very serious fruit pest.
The adult fruit fly deposits its eggs
underneath the peel Of the fruit.
The young. or worm stage OF the
insect. lives on the inside of the
fruit. rendering II unfit for human
consumption. In this manner. the
pest may render an otherwise valu-
able citrus grove Improbable. The
Mexican fruit fly is known to in
fest all citrus fruit except lemons
and sour lines. II is also known 20
infest the guave. ounce. peach
apple. pear, nance Mammea
americana. sapote (Achras Sa-
pota). Sapota Nucuma species)
and circuelas species CSponidas
species). These will hereinafter be
referred to as The host fruits"
The proper method Of control
or eradication will be to create each
year. from about March 1st 70
October 31st. a non : host fruit
period. during which time the pest
shall be subjected to starvation
Your host fruits that ripen during
the fall and winter should be re-
moved from the trees by about
March lst Of eacn year and solo
or stored under proper conditions
Other host fruits which serve dur
ing the spring and summer Il
p~erpetuate the pest should be
destroyed. Also the various orchards
should be cleaned Of fallen fruit BY
the beginning OF the host : free
period. and also the off-bloom cit
rus should be removed from the
trees while green. Groves should bt
kept clean Of drop fruit and ex.
cessive weeds and grasses durinr
the shipping season. Packing plants
canning plants, stores or Other
premises should he kept clean o.
fruit debris.
Since the Secretary of Agricul-
ture OF the United States has de-
cided to prevent fruits infested
with the Mexican fruit fly from
entering the channels Of interstate
commerce, your fruits cannot bt
profitably disposed Of unless ef-
fective eradication measures are
permanently enforced. Your local
ity being on the border. the pest
is liable to be reintroduced at any
future time. Hence. your plan ol
eradication should be made per
manent. Therefore, the simplest
most practical, and most efficient
| procedure is to take out entirels