166 THE MEXICAN COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL. 



August 15, 1904, an act of the General Assembly of the State of 

 Georgia was approved, but further amended August 23, 1905, 

 whereby cotton seed, seed cotton, cottonseed hulls, or cotton lint 

 in bales or loose, corn in the husk, or all material, including house- 

 hold goods packed in any of the above quarantined products, are 

 prohibited from being brought into the State except when there is 

 attached thereto a certificate signed by an authorized State or 

 Government entomologist to the effect that said material was grown 

 in and was shipped from a point where, by actual inspection, the 

 Mexican cotton-boll weevil was not found to exist. Through ship- 

 ments of quarantined articles may be made in cars which must be 

 tightly closed, and no unloading is allowed during transit through 

 the State. No common carrier shall use for bedding or feed for live 

 stock any of the quarantined articles when the shipments originate 

 in regions infested with the boll weevil. 



Mr. E. L. Worsham, capitol, Atlanta, is the present quarantine 

 official in Georgia. 



Louisiana. — The State entomologist of Louisiana is, by a law passed 

 December 15, 1903,» empowered to quarantine against the cotton- 

 boll weevil whenever it seems advisable. At present the State is 

 entirely infested, but if in the future portions or the State should be 

 freed the entomologist is fully empowered to restrict dangerous ship- 

 ments into such portions. 



Mr. J. B. Garrett, Baton Rouge, La., is the quarantine officer of 

 this State. 



Mississippi. — The State legislature in 1908 passed a law giving the 

 entomologist of the experiment station considerable authority in 

 regard to the quarantines against the boll weevil. As only part of 

 the State is infested, and it may be possible to save certain portions 

 several years of injury, the rules established in 1904 should be con- 

 sidered in force as restricting shipments into uninfested counties. An 

 absolute quarantine is established against cotton seed, seed cotton, 

 hulls, seed-cotton and cottonseed sacks (which have been used), 

 cotton-pickers' sacks, corn in the shuck, unsacked corn, unsacked 

 oats, unsacked wheat, and unsacked cowpeas from the infested terri- 

 tory. Through shipments of quarantined articles must be in tightly 

 closed cars, which must not be unloaded while in transit through the 

 State. Household goods to be shipped from infested territory into 

 uninfested parts of the State of Mississippi must be accompanied by 

 an affidavit to the effect that no quarantined articles are contained 

 as packing or otherwise in the shipment. Baled cotton can be shipped 

 into the uninfested parts of the State only in tightly closed cars. 



Prof. R. W. Harned, Agricultural College, Miss., is the quarantine 

 o Hicer of this State. 



North Carolina. — -By virtue of authority from the State legislature 

 to prevent the importation of crop pests, the North Carolina Crop 

 Pest Commission early in 1904 adopted rules establishing a quarantine 

 against all localities where the Mexican cotton-boll weevil is known to 

 exist. The quarantine was absolute and applied to cotton, cotton 

 seed, cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, hay, oats, corn, rice, straw, 

 rice chaff, and other grain or material likely to harbor any stage of the 

 boll weevil. 



