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packed until a permit has been secured from the Comniissioner of 

 Agriculture. All custom-house brokers doing business in the State 

 of New York are required to file a list containing names and ad- 

 dresses of all persons, firms, or corporations with Avhom they are 

 engaged or intend to engage 'in the sale or delivery of nursery stock; 

 they are also required to notify the Commissioner of Agriculture on 

 receipt of consignments and give all points to which stock is being 

 shipped. Hon. R. A. Pierson, Connnissioner of Agriculture, Albany, 

 X. Y. (Amended act of 1909.) 



North Carolina. — Shipments sent into this State must bear official 

 certificates of inspection and should be fumigated and a statement to 

 that effect signed and attached by the consignor. Duplicate certifi- 

 cates must be filed with the State P^ntomologist. Prof. Franklin 

 Sherman, jr.. State Entomologist, Raleigh, X. C. (Act of 1897.) 



North Dakota. — No nursery-inspection law. 



Ohio. — Shipments must be accompanied with official certificates of 

 inspection or fumigation. Agents and dealers nnist file sworn state- 

 ments as to sources from which their stock is obtained. Mr. N. E. 

 Shaw, Chief Inspector, Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio. 



Oklahoma. — The owners or operators of nurseries who desire to 

 ship stock into the State of Oklahoma are required to make an appli- 

 cation for a permit. This will be issued by the Board of Agriculture 

 upon the filing of a certificate of inspection or the report of inspection 

 from the State inspector who examined the stock, and in addition the 

 application must be accompanied by a remittance of $5. If satisfac- 

 tory, the board will issue a permit over the signature of its secretary, 

 and in addition to the above may require further evidence of integrity 

 to establish the responsibility and good faith of the applicant. All 

 shipments must be accompanied by a tag on which is printed a copy 

 of this permit over the facsimile signature of the secretary of the 

 board. All agents canvassing for nurseries located outside the State 

 are required to carry a duplicate of the permit of their principals, 

 which duplicate is issued upon payment of $1. Quotations on tags 

 will be forwarded upon application to the secretary. Address all 

 communications to Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture, Mr. C. F. 

 Barrett, Secretary, Guthrie, Okla. (Act of 1905.) 



Oregon. — Stock is subject to inspection on arrival at quarantine 

 stations. Mr. H. W. Williamson, Secretary State Board of Horti- 

 culture, Portland, Oreg. (Amended act of 1905.) 



Pennsylvania. — Shipments of nurser}^ stock into the State must be 

 plainly labeled on the outside with the names of the consignor and 

 consignee, and a certificate showing that the contents have been in- 

 spected and that the stock (excepting conifers and herbaceous plants) 

 therein contained have been properly fumigated. Dealers in nursery 



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