Commissioner of Agriculture 185 



OHIO. — Shipments of nursery stock entering the State must bear the 

 name of the consignor and consignee and be accompanied by an official cer- 

 tificate of inspection or fumigation. Transportation companies are required 

 to notify the State Board of Agriculture of all shipments of nursery stock 

 entering the State. Agents are required to pay a license fee of $1 and 

 dealers a license fee of $5, also to file sworn statements that the stock 

 which they sell or deliver has been officially inspected and was received by 

 them accompanied with a valid certificate of inspection or fumigation. N. 

 E. Shaw, Chief, Bureau Nursery and Orchard Inspection, Columbus, Ohio. 



OKLAHOMA. — The following is a copy of surety bond to be used by 

 nurserymen outside the State of Oklahoma who desire to dispose of nursery 

 stock in the State of Oklahoma: 



In accordance with Section 17, Senate Bill 342, Oklahoma Session Laws of 

 1914-15, this surety bond guarantees to the state of Oklahoma that the nursery 

 represented will not dispose of nursery stock of an inferior grade, or nursery stock 

 that is untrue to name, or nursery stock infested or infected with insects or dis- 

 eases that are considered to be injurious by the Oklahoma State Board of Agricul- 

 ture. Furthermore, the nursery represented in this bond guarantees by this bond 

 to strictly comply with the law established by the state of Oklahoma and the rules 

 and regulations promulgated in compliance therewith, by the Oklahoma State 

 Board of Agriculture. 



Approved July 1, 1915. 



F. M. GAULT, 

 President, State Board of Agriculture, 



Stillwater, Okla. 



OREGON. — The State Board of Horticulture has charge of inspection 

 within the State. All nursery stock brought into the State must be inspected 

 at station of delivery before delivery to consignee. If found infected or in- 

 fested, nursery stock must be returned to consignor or destroyed. Peach 

 pits, peach trees and scions and other trees on peach roots grown in or 

 coming from districts where peach yellows, little peach or peach rosette are 

 known to exist, are prohibited entry. Every carload and case containing 

 nursery stock, trees, plants, etc., must have plainly marked thereon in a 

 conspicuous manner and place the name and address of consignor; name 

 and address of consignee; name of country, State or territory where con- 

 tents were grown and must show that it contains nursery stock, seedlings 

 or seeds. Address State Board of Horticulture, Portland, Oregon. 



PENNSYLVANIA. — Nurseries must be inspected at least once a year, 

 and no nurseryman, agent, dealer or broker can legally sell or ship stock 

 without a certificate of inspection. Certificates of fumigation are required 

 to accompany shipments from other states, and the word " fumigated " 

 printed or stencilled on or accompanying the certificate of inspection will 

 not be accepted unless it is apparent that such word is a part of the certi- 

 ficate granted by a State inspection officer. 



Nurserymen from other states are required to file affidavits that all nur- 

 sery stock of kinds subject to infestation by San Jose scale will be properly 

 fumigated before shipment into the State. Blanks furnished upon applica- 



