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1st January, 1918, no tea plants or parts of them other than leaf for 

 manufacture or tea seed shall be removed from any estate or nursery, 

 whether infested with shot-hole borer [Xylebonts fornicatus] or not, 

 without a written permit from the Director of Agriculture. From 

 1st January 1920, no such permits shall be granted for the removal of 

 any tea stumps or plants from any infested area, and no person shall 

 remove or receive from any infested area tea plants or any part of 

 them. 



Laws of Maine relating to Agriculture. — Maine Dept. Agric. Qtrly. 

 Bull, Augusta, xvi, no. 4, December 1917. 



In that part of the agricultural laws of Maine as amended in 1917 

 relating to the protection of trees and shrubs from dangerous insects, 

 and diseases, revised statutes provide- for the appointment of a State 

 horticulturist to deal with the question. The gipsy moth [Lymantria 

 dispar, L.] and the brown- tail moth [Nygmia phaeorrhoea, Don.] are 

 declared public nuisances and their suppression is authorised and 

 required under the charge of the Commissioner. Nurseries are to be 

 inspected annually and the State horticulturist may inspect any 

 orchard, field or garden and order the destruction of diseased trees or 

 shrubs. Any nursery stock shipped into the State is to bear a 

 certificate of inspection, is to be again inspected at the point of 

 destination, if required by the State horticulturist, and destroyed or 

 returned at the consignor's expense if he shall so elect. Transportation 

 companies are not to transport uninspected stoclc and the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture is to be notified of all consignments received for transport. 

 All agents and dealers in nursery stock are required to have a license. 

 Any person suspecting the presence of the brown- tail moth [Nygmia 

 phaeorrhoea] or of San Jose scale [Aspidiotus perniciosus] on trees, 

 shrubs or vines within the State are to send a notice accordingly to the 

 Conunissioner of Agriculture, who will then proceed to have these 

 inspected and treated. Owners of real estate that is found to be 

 infested will be notified that these insects must be destroyed within a 

 specified time. The expenditure of money raised in towns for the 

 purpose of controlling these insects is regulated by the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture. Municipal officers are required to destroy all dead or 

 worthless apple and wild cherry trees along the public ways before 

 1st June of each year. Municipal and police courts and trial justices 

 are empowered to deal with prosecutions in respect of these regulations. 

 The Crop Pest Commission already established may direct the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture to make such regulations as the Commission 

 deem necessary to prevent the introduction into the State or the 

 dissemination therein of any insect pest or plant disease seriously 

 injurious to vegetation. 



Under these regulations it has been resolved, and approved, on 

 30th March 1917, to appropriate the sum of approximately £7,000 

 for the protection of trees and shrubs from insects and diseases during 

 the year 1917, and a similar sum during 1918. 



Regulations dealing with adulterated or misbranded goods define 

 the standard required for the most commonly used insecticides and 

 regulate the penalties for violation of these laws. 



