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 10th. 1880. at ten o.
clock a. m. In the county court
room in the courthouse in Browns
Vile, Texas. a hearing viii be had
upon report made under the direc-
ton OF Honorable George p. 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
er Of agriculture to report TO you
whether the Mexican fruit fly.
Anastrepha ludens. exists in your
locality and. II so, what method or
means may be employed to effect
its control or eradication. as pro-
vided in Section 8 OF Chapter IS.
Second Called Session OF the Forty
first Legislature.
! have TO report that this insect
has been found 70 exist at several
places in the citrus belt Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. of which
your county constitutes an import
ant part. This pes. has been known
to exist in some parts of the Re-
public Of Mexico for q number OF
years. whence it was Undoubtedly
introduced into your section. Re-
ports from that country indicate
that IL is a very serious fruit pest
The adult fruit fly deposits its eggs
underneath the peel of the fruit
The young. 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 Uucuma species)
and circuelas species 0Sponidas
species). These win hereinafter be
referred 10 as THE host fruits"
The proper method Of control
or eradication will be to create each
year. from about March LIST to
October 3lst, a o 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 LIST Of eacn year and sold
or stored under proper conditions
Other host fruits which serve dur
ing the spring and summer "a
perpetuate 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 be
kept clean OF drop fruit and ex-
cessive weeds and grasses during
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 be
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 Of
eradication should be made per-
manent. Therefore. the simplest,
most practical, and most efficient
procedure is to take out entirely