Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First-[second] SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1949 - Agriculture |
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40 miles additional Agriculture Organic Act area of Mexico authority Beauford Jester BENTSEN blackfly committee blackfly infestations Brownsville carry Chamber of Commerce citrus areas citrus blackfly citrus industry citrus trees coast of Mexico Congress control measures cooperate with Mexico cost Cuba DAGUE Department of Agriculture eggs emergency appropriation emergency outbreaks entomologists eradication feel flies funds fungus GATHINGS groves Hall scale host plants incipient and emergency infested area insecticide inspectors Japanese beetle Key West legislation lower Rio LYLE ment of Agriculture Mexican Citrus Growers Mexican Department Mexican Government Mexico City miles south north of Valles outbreaks of insect parasite personnel pest pink boll weevil plant diseases Plant Quarantine ports of entry produce quarantine reported Reynosa Rio Grande Valley ROHWER section 102 serious sooty mold spray survey Texas citrus United States Department Valles area Valley Chamber Valley Morning Star Valley of Texas west coast white-fringed beetle
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Page 28 - The Office of Management and Budget advises that from the standpoint of the President's program, there is no objection to the presentation of this report for the consideration of the Congress.
Page 20 - July 1, 1947. by counties [This census information made available by the US Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine...
Page 24 - ... under that climate. It has proven itself aggressive in eastern Mexico where the climate is more or less comparable to, around Vera Cruz, to Florida, and it has proved itself aggressive on the west coast where the climate is identical with that which we have in Arizona and California. Mr. GATHINGS. Let me ask you a question right there. You have given us a lot of valuable information. I just wondered what happens to that tree after the blackfly infestation is under complete control. Mr.
Page 16 - ... but that in the meantime there is a serious need for action by the State of Texas to provide — through the State department of agriculture — inspection of all host plants brought into Texas which might carry this postAn emergency appropriation bill is being introduced to finance this work.
Page 1 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out operations to combat the citrus blackfly, white-fringed beetle, wheat-stem sawfly, Oriental fruitfly, and the Hall scale [amending U.