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The Ironton News
Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio
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Florida authorities are making desperate efforts to eradicate the fruit fly pest threatening the state's commercial fruit and vegetable industry, destroying 100,000 boxes of oranges and grapefruit weekly in infested areas. C. W. Waid, chief of the Bureau of Markets, states the situation is more severe than Ohio's corn borer campaign.
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"Ohio farmers who complained about the Corn Borer Campaign would find the Florida Fly situation much more severe," declares C. W. Waid, chief of the Bureau of Markets in the Department of Agriculture.
The authorities down there are making a desperate effort to stamp out the Fruit Fly. If it is not done much of the commercial fruit and vegetable interests of Florida are doomed.
They are destroying oranges and grapefruit in the infested area at the rate of 100,000 boxes per week.
The soil in all infested groves and gardens must be "cooked" to a depth of at least three inches. Every auto and truck passing out of the quarantined area is not only inspected and all fruits and vegetables removed, but the car is sprayed to be sure that no flies are carried out of the infested area. Ohio is still a pretty good place to live, when comparative facts are available.
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destruction of 100,000 boxes of oranges and grapefruit per week; potential doom for much of florida's commercial fruit and vegetable interests if not eradicated.
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Authorities are making a desperate effort to stamp out the Fruit Fly by destroying infested produce, cooking soil to three inches depth, inspecting and spraying vehicles leaving quarantined areas.