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No. 75, Second Revision. issued August 7, 1%. 



(Compiled and revised to July 1, 1909.) 



United States Department of iVgriculture, 



BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, 

 L. O. HOWARD, Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. 



REQUIREMENTS TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY NURSERY- 

 MEN OR OTHERS WHO MAKE INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS 

 OF NURSERY STOCK. 



By A. F. Bt'RGESS, 

 Expert in Charge of Breeding Erperiments. 



For the information of nurserymen or others who desire to ship 

 nursery stock to points outside the States in which their nurseries are 

 located, a brief statement of the requirements is given herewith. 

 Changes are continually being made on account of the enactment of 

 new laws or the amendment of old ones, and modifications of the 

 regulations of different States are made from time to time by the 

 authorities in charge of the enforcement of the laws. On this account 

 Circular No. 75 has been revised and the requirements given are in 

 force on the date of its publication. For the convenience of nursery- 

 men who may wish to write to the officials in charge of inspection 

 work the names and addresses of the latter are given. 



Alahama. — Persons shipj^ing stock into the State must file a dupli- 

 cate certificate of inspection and obtain official tags. The latter must 

 be placed upon every package of stock delivered in the State. Tags 

 are furnished at cost, as follows: One hundred, 65 cents; 200, $1; 

 500, $1.60, post paid. One thousand may be obtained for $2.20 by 

 express collect. Prof. R. S. Mackintosh, Auburn, Ala. (Act of 1903.) 



Arizona. — Any person, firm, or corporation shipping stock into the 

 Territory of Arizona must wuthin twenty-four hours after its arrival 

 notify the quarantine inspector of the district in which the stock is 

 received, and hold the same for immediate inspection. All stock 

 shipped into the Territory must be labeled with a certificate of in- 

 spection, and shipments not so labeled will be immediately destroyed 

 or sent out of the Territory at the option of the owner, and at his 

 expense. Any shipment of nursery stock, buds, fruit pits, or fruits 

 brought into the Territory which shall be found infested will be 



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