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Mo. 75, Revised Edition. issued July 24, 1908. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, 



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



REQUIREMENTS TO BE COMPLIED AVITH BY NURSERYMEN OR OTHERS 

 WHO MAKE INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS OF NURSERY STOCK. 



By A. F. Burgess, 

 Expert in Breeding Experiments. 



For the information of nurserymen or other persons 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. 



Alabama. — Persons shipping stock into the State must file a signed 

 duplicate certificate of inspection and obtain official tags, which must 

 be placed on each shipment, in addition to a copy of the certificate. 

 Cpst of tags, 60 cents per hundred, or $2.25 per thousand. Five 

 cents per hundred must be added for postage. Mr. R. S. Mackin- 

 tosh, State Horticulturist, Auburn, Ala. (Act of 1903.) 



Arizona. — The University of Arizona Agricultural Experiment 

 Station is authorized to inspect all palms or palm stock growing in 

 or shipped into the Territory. Prof. R. H. Forbes, Director, Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, Tucson, Ariz. (Act of 1907.) 



Arlcansas. — Shipments must bear a certificate of ins})ection. Mr. 

 C. F. Adams, State Inspector, Fayetteville, Ark. (Act of 1903.) 



California. — Shipments of stock sent into the State are subject to 

 inspection and must bear the name of the consignor and consignee 

 and a statement of where the stock was grown. Notice of sliipments 

 should be made to Hon. J. W. Jeffrey, Commissioner of Horticulture, 

 Sacramento, Cal. 



Colorado. — Shipments into the State must be inspected by county 

 inspectors. (Amended act of 1897.) 

 47605— Cir. 75—08 



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