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MARYLAND MANUAL 71 Plant Pest Control The State Entomologist and the State Plant Pathologist are re- sponsible for the control of insects and plant diseases. Their pro- grams seek to prevent the introduction of any injurious insect and plant disease into Maryland and to control and eradicate insects and disease within the state. Major activities include Nursery Inspection, Japanese Beetle Retardation and Quarantine Inspection, Apiary In- spection, Mosquito Control, Oak Wilt Eradication, White Pine Blister, Rust Control, Dutch Elm Disease Control and Potato Seed Inspection (Code 1957, Art. 48, sees. 70-110, 190-99). State Department of Markets The State Department of Markets carries on a number of programs designed to serve the every day needs of the farmer in marketing his products and to insure an equitable flow of these products in the marketing channels. The Department offers a grading and inspection service, market price reporting, and a marketing service and informa- tion program. In some of this work, it cooperates with the United States Department of Agriculture. The Department enforces the Egg Law, the Weights and Measures Law, and Cantaloupe Maturity Law and issues licenses required under the Poultry Sale and Trans- portation Law (Code 1957, Art. 66C, sees. 65-83, 104-10; Art. 48, sees. 160-166D, 184-89; Art. 97, sees. 1-63, 66-70). State Inspection Service The State Inspection Service enforces the State laws relating to feed, fertilizer, agricultural liming material and agricultural pesti- cides. These laws are classified as the "Correct Labeling Acts." The agency's work consists of registration of brand names; collection, chemical analysis, and examination of samples; publication of re- sults of tests; and prosecution of violators (Code 1957, 1965 Supp., Art. 48, sees. 116-128, 134-140D, 141-148; Art. 66C, sees. 471-484). Dairy Inspection Service The Dairy Inspection Service administers the law relating to the receiving, weighing, measuring, sampling and testing of milk or other fluid dairy products in Maryland. It issues permits to dairy plants and operators of bulk milk tank trucks; examines and licenses milk and cream weighers, samplers and testers; checks calibration of the glass- ware used in testing milk and cream; check-tests milk and cream samples of plants and commercial laboratories; checks accuracy of weighing and measuring devices in dairy plants; and checks calibra- tions of farm milk tanks (Code 1957, Art. 97, sees. 84-102). Seed Inspection Service The Seed Inspection Service enforces the Maryland Seed Law. All seeds sold within the state must be properly labeled and inspected, sampled, and analyzed to insure compliance with label declaration. The Service checks samples for purity, noxious weed seed and ger- |
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