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LEGISLATION. 



Service & Regulatory Announcements. January, February, March, 

 April, 1920.— U.S. Dept. Agric, Washington, B.C., Fed. Hortic. 

 Bd., 67, 11th June 1920, 50 pp. [Received 28th September 

 1920.] 



• In consequence of the discovery that the pink bollworm [Platyedm 

 gossypieUa] has invaded certain localities of south-western Louisiana, 

 a resolution was adopted at the Interstate Cotton Conference held 

 at New Orleans on 5th March 1920, declaring that for the protection 

 of the cotton industry of the State, the planting of cotton should be 

 prohibited in the infested regions, within such non-cotton zone limits 

 and for such period of time as may be named by the Departments of 

 Agriculture and Horticulture of the State, the producers to be com- 

 pensated for any loss sustained. A quarantine resolution has also 

 been formulated to prevent the movement from Texas and Louisiana 

 into other States of any materials likely to carry and distribute in- 

 festation. The Federal Horticultural Board is requested to act on 

 this resolution without delay. A review of the present situation 

 with regard to the pink bollworm, issued by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, is given verbatim. It is considered that the extermination 

 of the insect in Texas and Louisiana is absolutely contingent on the 

 prohibition of the growth of cotton in infested areas. The quarantine 

 action proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in agreement 

 with the Federal Horticultural Board is discussed in detail. It is 

 thought that this arrangement will make it possible to limit the 

 quarantine to the non-cotton and the regulated zones described in 

 these two States. As maize has been freely imported into the United 

 States from Mexico, and as much of it has contained more or less 

 cotton seed, coming in some instances from infested areas, a quarantine 

 order has been issued prohibiting the importation of maize {Zea mmjs) 

 from any of the States of Mexico into the United States. The re- 

 gulations supplementary to this order are given, including those 

 relating to the grinding and steriHsation of maize as a condit'ou of 

 its entry from Mexico. 



The situation with regard to the European corn borer [Pyrausta 

 nubilalis) has necessitated the passing of a quarantine order pro- 

 hibiting the movement from infested areas in the States of Massachusetts, 

 New Hampshire, New York and Pennsylvania of any maize and broom 

 corn including all parts of the stalk, celery, green beans in the pod, 

 beets with tops, spinach, rhubarb, oat and rye straw, as such or when 

 used as packing, cut flowers or entire plants of Chrysanthemnm, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Zinnia, hollyhock, and of Gladiolus and Dahlia (except the 

 bulbs thereof without stems), except in such manner and under the 

 conditions prescribed in the regulations and amendments that are 

 given as supplementary to the order. The penalties for conviction 

 under this order are stated. A later measure, directed against other 

 pests and diseases besides P. nubilalis, forbids, except as provided 

 in supplemental rules and regulations, the importation into the United 

 States from all foreign countries and localities, of stalks and all other 

 parts, whether used for packing or other purposes, in the raw or 



