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Reeent reports of tlie iiivestigations of the Föderal Horticultural Board lead 

 me to believe tliat this qiuirantiue agaiiist the shipment of potatoes frorn Tilla- 

 mook County may soon he annulled without serious detrimeut to the potato 

 industry of the State. 



California Tuber Moth of the Potato 



For several years past, there have beeii shipped to Oreyon from outside states 

 potatoes which were infested with tuber moth. Since Oregon was free from 

 this pest, and the introduction of tuber moth into this State would cause a great 

 economic loss to the potato growers, it was found necessary to issue two quaran- 

 tine regulations. These regulations were issued after the most careful considera- 

 tiou of the matter of protecting our own people from a new and serious pest, 

 and were not promulgated from any spirit of animosity. Since the declaration 

 of the quarantine, there lias been uo cause for complaint against any shipment 

 of potatoes whicli came into this State witli tlie certificate of the California 

 inspector. The quarantine regulations as above referred to, are herewith set 

 out in füll : 



Oregon State Board of Horticulture, Notice of Quarantine No. 3 



The fact has been determined by the President of the Oregon State Board of 

 Horticulture that a dangerous insect pest, injurious to the common potato, which 

 is commonly known as the potato tuber moth or potato tuber worm (Pythorimoea 

 operculella, Zell.), new to and not heretofore prevalent or widely distributed 

 within and throughout the State of Oregon, exists and is widespread in the 

 State of California, and that, to prevent the introduction and spread of said 

 pest in the State of Oregon, it is necessary to forbid the importation of potatoes 

 from California, except under the couditions hereinafter set forth : 



Now, therefore, I, Chas. A. Park, President of the Oregon State Board of 

 Horticulture, under the authority conferred by Section 1 of Chapter 246 of the 

 General Laws of Oregon of 1913, and Section 4 of Chapter 342 of the General 

 Laws of Oregon of 1915, do hereby prohibit the importation of any common 

 potato or potatoes from the State of California into the State of Oregon, except 

 under the conditions hereinafter specified, and from and after the publication 

 of this notice in three newspapers published in the State of Oregon it shall be 

 unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to transport or bring any common 

 potatoes from the State of California into the State of Oregon except under the 

 f oUowing conditions : 



1. Every shipment of common potatoes from the State of California to the 

 State of Oregon must be accompanied by a certificate of inspection signed by a 

 county horticultural commissioner or other duly authorized horticultural 

 inspector of said State of California, certifying that he has inspected the potatoes 

 in said shipment and found them free from the potato tuber moth, its larvae or 

 pupa. Such certificate shall be signed in writing and shall specify the locality 

 where said potatoes are grown ; the date of inspection, and the number of sacks, 

 boxes or other Containers included in the shipment inspected. 



2. Every shipment of potatoes grown in California which is brought into 

 Oregon must be brought to the city of Portland, and must be held at the wharf, 

 dock, railroad yards, freight depot or express company's depot or office of the 

 common carrier bringing such potatoes into the State until said potatoes have 

 been inspected by the State Inspector of the Oregon State Board of Horticulture 

 or by some other duly authorized inspector working under direction of the said 

 State Board of Horticulture, and permission has been given by the inspector 

 making such inspection to deliver the potatoes. The common carrier, person, 



