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planting of cotton in 1919 is much less than has been carried by the 

 country for some time. 



It is planned to maintain a large corps of inspectors to examine the 

 cotton grown under supervision next season. These men will also in- 

 spect the fields growing in the vicinities of the mills which received the 

 original Mexican seed. It is entirely probable that any situation 

 which may arise next year can be handled speedily, and such steps 

 can be much more satisfactorily taken than in the past on account of 

 certain modifications of the pink bollworm law which will undoubtedly 

 be provided by the next session of the Texas Legislature. 



Protection Against Reinfestation from Mexico 



As indicated earher in this paper, since November 4, 1916, the 

 importation of cotton, cotton seed and cotton seed hulls from Mexico 

 has been prohibited. Later regulations have covered the entry from 

 Mexico of cotton seed cake, meal and oil. The object of this last 

 provision is to discourage the erection of oil mills along the Rio Grande, 

 which would naturally cause the flow of large quantities of seed from 

 the infested portions of Mexico to our border. It has already resulted 

 in the dismantling and moving to the interior of a mill which was 

 erected opposite Eagle Pass. 



Since cotton seed maybe carried accidentally in empty freight cars or 

 attached to freight of many classes, regulations now in effect include 

 the inspection and disinfection of baggage, the cleaning or disin- 

 fection of freight, express or other shipments except those which could 

 not possibly carry infestation, restrictions on the entry of railroad 

 cars, regulations for the transfer of freight, express and other ship- 

 ments, certification of all cars or other carriers of merchandise as a 

 condition of entry into the United States (excepting merchandise or 

 other materials of strictly local origin), and the cleaning of domestic 

 cars as a condition of receiving freight originating in Mexico for move- 

 ment into the interior of the United States. The present regulations 

 provide for the fumigation of the interior of cars with hydrocyanic gas 

 and the spraying of the exteriors with kerosene emulsion. However, 

 the department is now erecting houses into which cars will be run and 

 fumigated. These houses will be located at all of the border ports, 

 and will range in size from a capacity of one to fifteen cars, depending 

 on the amount of the local international traffic. The houses them- 

 selves have been erected. It is believed that the machinery such as 

 generators and fans will be installed within the next few weeks. 



