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said stock is shipped, may be accepted as those bearing the 

 proper certificate of inspection. (Laws 1905.) Hon. A. W. 

 GiHman, Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, Maine. 



Maryland: Nurseries inspected at least once in six 

 months. All nursery stock subject to attack of insect pests 

 must be fumigated under the direction of state officials. Ship- 

 ments into the state must be labeled with the name of con- 

 signor and consignee and each package bear a certificate of 

 inspection. Duplicate certificates should be filed with the 

 State Entomologist. (Chap. 289, Law^s of 1898.) Prof. T. 

 B. Symons, State Entomologist; Prof. J. B. S. Norton, State 

 Pathologist, College Park, Md. 



Massachusetts : Nurseries are inspected at least once 

 each year, and if clean, receive a certificate; instead thereof, a 

 nurseryman may fumigate his stock under the direction of the 

 State Inspector, using 2-10 of a gram of potassium cyanide to 

 each cubic foot of space, under forty minutes exposure, and 

 attach an afiidavit of such fumigation to each package shipped. 

 Certificates do not cover the Brown-tail Moth, tho all reason- 

 able care is used to have stock free from it. Shipments into 

 the state must bear on each package a certificate of inspection 

 by an authorized officer or an affidavit relative to fumigation 

 as above required. (Chap. 495, Laws of 1902.) Dr. H. T. 

 Fernald, State Nursery Lispector, Amherst. Mass. 



Michigan: Nurseries are subject to inspection; infested 

 trees must be destroyed, and the remainder of the stock W'ithin 

 a half mile must be fumigated. Shipments into the state must 

 bear on every package, plainly labeled, the name of consignor 

 and consignee, statement of contents, and a certificate showing 

 •that the contents have been inspected by a Government or State 

 officer, and that the stock has been properly fumigated. All 

 nurserymen, whether residents of Michigan or other states, 

 who wish to grow or sell stock wathin the state must apply to 

 the State Inspector of Nurseries on or before August ist of 

 each year for a license, for which the fee is $5, and a bond for 

 $1,000 must be filed. A license will not be granted until a 

 State or Government inspection certificate has been filed. 

 (Laws of 1903.) Prof. L. R. Taft, State Inspector of Nur- 

 series and Orchards, Ag'ricultural College. Mich. 



Minnesota : There is an annual inspection of all nur- 

 series from which stock is shipped out of the state. Ship- 



