April, '14] HUNTER: BOLL WEEVIL QUARANTINE 237 



California 



In this state the boll weevil quarantine is in the form of an order 

 issued by the state commissioner of agriculture on April 23, 1908. It 

 provides that all cotton seed shipped into the state shall be consigned 

 to one of the deputy commissioners of horticulture who is required to 

 fumigate with carbon bisulphid. 



Florida 



The restrictions in effect are authorized by a general statute against 

 pests which was passed in 1911. Special rules regarding the boll wee- 

 vil were published in June, 1912. 



The restricted articles are as follows : 



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 infested territory except a qualified 

 entomologist. Household goods containing any of the foregoing during 

 the period of prohibition applying to each. Sugar cane when not cut 

 back and stripped of its leaves. 



The articles not restricted are as follows : 



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

 seed meal, cake or 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; sugar 

 cane when cut back and stripped of its leaves. 



Georgia 



The law of August 15, 1904, was amended August 23, 1905. The 

 regulations have been revised several times, last in October, 1913. 



The restricted articles are as follows: 



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

 cotton pickers' sacks which have been used within eight months; 

 cotton seed hulls between August 1 and December 30; Spanish moss 

 and com in shuck or shucks removed from corn between October 1 

 and June 30; household goods containing any of the foregoing during 

 the period of quarantine applying to each; living weevils in the posses- 

 sion of any person outside of the infested territory except a qualified 

 entomologist and his certificate accompanying same. 



The unrestricted articles are as follows: 



Bales of cotton, flat or compressed, with no restrictions as to season; 



