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(f) Table potatoes: Potatoes neither infected nor exposed, 

 and potatoes which have been infected or exposed but from 

 which all tubers visibly infected with powdery scab or any dis- 

 ease similar to powdery scab have been removed, which are to 

 be used for table purposes. 



(g) Infected area : Any town, plantation or farm which the 

 State Horticulturist in person or by deputy has found to be 

 infected with powdery scab. 



(h) Quarantine Inspector: Any person deputized by the 

 State Horticulturist to make inspections under the state law 

 and these regulations, and to issue to owners and tenants such 

 orders as may be necessary for the enforcement of the regula- 

 tions with respect to each specific case where powdery scab is 

 found to exist. 



The Superintendent of the Maine Potato Inspection Service 

 and the agents and inspectors connected with that service have 

 been deputized as quarantine inspectors to serve in this work. 

 Regulation 2. Authority for Inspection. 



(a) Any owner or tenant in possession of a farm or storage 

 place where potatoes are produced, stored or handled may make 

 application to the nearest inspector-in-charge to have inspec- 

 tion made of his potatoes, storage places, fields, containers, im- 

 plements or other materials liable to infection with powder}' 

 scab. 



(b) In the case of any premises wherein powdery scab is 

 suspected to exist, any quarantine inspector has authority to 

 enter and inspect potatoes, storage places, fields, containers, 

 implements and other materials liable to be infected with this 

 disease. 



(c) Persons intending to ship potatoes from an infected area 

 to any other point within the State of Maine are required to 

 have all such shipments inspected and certified in accordance 

 with the same rules and regulations as are prescribed by the 

 Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture for 

 the shipment interstate of potatoes from an area quarantined 

 on account of powdery scab. 



Regulation j. Destruction of Diseased Potatoes. 



All tubers found to be infected with powdery scab, after 

 separation, if desired, from the sound tubers with which they 

 are mixed, must be treated in some approved manner for de- 

 struction of the disease. Such potatoes may be thoroughly 

 cooked and fed to stock or they may be used for the manu- 



