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ported. This lack of definite information naturally led to enactments 

 that were unnecessarilj' stringent. The legislators naturally desired 

 to be on the safe side and therefore included many articles in the quar- 

 antine which experience has shown are not at all dangerous. Originally 

 hay, oats, and other general farm products were quarantined against. 

 In order to obviate very serious interferences with the marketing of 

 Texas products it became necessary for the Bureau of Entomology in. 

 1903 and 1904 to evolve a system of certifying shipments which origi- 

 nated outside of the territory infested by the weevil. In this way the 

 disturbance caused by the broad quarantine measures that vvere en- 

 acted originally was relieved to the extent of several thousands of 

 carloads of farm products which were certified by the Bureau of En- 

 tomology. 



At the present time there are two types of quarantines against the 

 boll weevil; one established by specific laws and the other formulated 

 by boards under general authority. There is no doubt whatever as 

 to the relative value of the different types. The first is very unsatis- 

 factory on account of its inflexibility. There is no way short of legis- 

 lative action to modify the quarantine in such respects as may become 

 necessary on account of new information about the weevil; the other 

 arrangement consisting of the delegation of general authority to boards 

 makes it possible to change the list of articles to be quarantined and 

 the territory against which it is directed as events change from year 

 to year. 



The following is a summary of the quarantine restrictions in the 

 several states: 



Alabama 



The following are the restricted articles in this state. 



Seed cotton; cotton seed; seed cotton sacks, cotton seed sacks and 

 cotton pickers' sacks, any of which have been used within eight months 

 for any of the purposes indicated. Cotton seed hulls between August 1 

 and December 31. Spanish moss and corn in shuck between October 

 1 and June 30. Living weevils or weevil stages or weevil work in 

 possession of any person outside of the infested territory except a 

 qualified entomologist. Household goods containing any of the fore- 

 going during the period of quarantine applying to each. 



The articles not restricted are as follows: 



Baled cotton, flat or compressed; linters and loose cotton lint; 

 cotton seed meal, cake and oil; corn shelled or in the ear with shuck 

 removed, oats or any other seed except cotton seed; cotton seed shown 

 by affidavit to have been sacked continuously for nine months or more; 

 cotton seed for planting purposes after fumigation with carbon bisul- 

 phid by a competent entomologist; hay; empty freight cars. 



