62 SIXTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



WOULD EXTEND JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 



Federal Horticultural Board Aiinountes Hearing on Proposal Affecting Town- 



ships in New Jersey 



The Japanese beetle, a dangerous imported insect that has caused restric- 

 tions on the movement of green corn from Delran, ehester and Cinuaminson 

 Townships, in Burlington County, N. J., is spreading, and it is proposed that 

 the quarantine against the insect be extended. A public heariug on this pro- 

 posal will be held at the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, room 

 11, Federal Horticultural Board, at 10 a. m., January 27, 1920, in order that 

 any person interested in the proposed quarantine may be heard either in per- 

 son or by attorney. 



According to the proposed action, the quarantine will be extended to include, 

 in addition to the townships mentioned, Palmyra, Mount Laurel and Riverside 

 Townships, and Riverton Borough in Burlington County, and Pensauken and 

 Delaware Townships and Merchantville Borough in Camden County, N. J. It 

 is also proposed to restrict or prohibit the Interstate movement from the terri- 

 tory mentioned of all kinds of marketable, perishable food crops, "including 

 green corn, tomatoes. beans, peas, cantaloupes, watermelons, grapes, raspberries, 

 blackberries, cherries, peaches, apples, and all other fruits, vegetables, and 

 fresh food products other than canned, dried or preserved products ; also of hay, 

 forage, and grain crops of all kinds, and of nursery and greenhouse products, 

 including trees, shrubs. plants of all kinds, bulbs and flowers." 



The notice of the hearing says that "The New Jersey State Department of 

 Agriculture will cooperate in the enforcement of the proposed quarantine so far 

 as the intraState movement of nursery stock, greenhouse plants, bulbs, etc., is 

 concerned." 



QUARANTINE ON ACCOUNT OF JAPANESE BEETLE 



Notice of Quarantine No. 40, With Regulations 



(Effective on and after Apr. 1, 1920) 

 ( Super sedes No. 35) 



The fact has been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and notice is 

 hereby given that an injurious insect, the Japanese lieetle (Popilla japonica 

 Newm.), not heretofore widely distributed within and throughout the United 

 States, exists in a portion of the State of New Jersey. 



Now, therefore, I, J. R. Riggs, Acting Secretary of Agriculture, under authority 

 conferred by Section 8 of the Plant Quarantine Act approved August 20, 1912 

 (37 Stat, 315), as amended by the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1917 (39 

 Stat., 1134, 1165), do hereby quarantine the territory hereinafter described as 

 infested by the Japanese beetle, and by this Notice of Quarantine No. 40 do order 

 that (1) farm, garden, and orchard products of all kinds, including fresh or 

 perishable crops, such as green corn, tomatoes, beans, peas, cantaloupes, water- 

 melons, grapes, raspberries, blackberries, cherries, peaches, apples, and all other 

 fresh fruit and vegetables ; (2) grain and forage crops of all kinds ; (3) nursery, 

 ornamental and greenhouse stock, and all other plants, including bulbs and cut 

 flowers; and (4) soil, compost and manure other than fresh manure, shall not 

 be moved or allowed to be moved Interstate from the said quarantined district in 

 manner or method or under conditions other than those prescribed in the rules 

 and regulations hereinafter made, and amendments thereto. 



The following territory is designated as the area quarantined for the Japanese 

 beetle : The townships of Delran, ehester, Cinnaminson, Palmyra, Mount Laurel, 

 and Riverside, and the borough of Riverton, county of Burlington, and the town- 

 ships of Pensauken and Delaware, and the borough of Merchantville, county of 

 Camden, N. J. 



