REPORT OF THE FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Federal Horticultural Board, 

 Washington^ D. C, October i, 1923. 



Sir : I submit herewith an executive report covering the adminis- 

 tration of the plant quarantine act for the fiscal year ended June 

 SO, 1923. 



Respectfully, 



C. L. Marlatt, 



Chairman of Board. 

 Hon. Henry C. Wallace, 

 Secretary of_ Agriculture. 



INTRODUCTION. 



A review is herein given of the more important activities of the 

 Federal Horticultural Board in the enforcement of the plant quaran- 

 tine act of August 20, 1912, including quarantine and other control 

 of important pests under the administration of the board either 

 directly or in cooperation with the Bureaus of Entomology and Plant 

 Industry, enforcement of various foreign and domestic quarantines, 

 and control and safeguarding of regulated products at ports of entry. 

 A more detailed record of the work of the board is given in the 

 Service and Regulatory Announcements published from time to time 

 during the year. These announcements include the full text of all 

 quarantines and regulations issued during the year, together with 

 explanatory press and other statements. 



With respect to the important control or eradication operations, 

 this report brings the record down to October 1, 1923, to give, as far 

 as possible, the complete results of the crop season. On the other 

 hand, the records of control of imports normally coincide fairly well 

 with the fiscal year, and the tabular records are on that basis. 



THE PINK BOLLWORM. 



Present status. — The outstanding feature of the pink bollworm 

 situation in the United States, October 1, 1923, is that no new in- 

 festations have been found during the year and that, except in the 

 extreme western districts, no infestation whatever has been deter- 

 mined in any of the territory where the insect had previously been 

 established. This indicates strongly the ultimate success of the effort 

 to stamp out this important pest in the main part of the Cotton Belt. 

 The situation is especially encouraging in Louisiana, where in the 

 two large districts originally invaded no infestation has been found 



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