298 . FUMIGATION METHODS 



ies appear free from, dangerous diseases and insect 

 pests, the inspector shall give each owner of the nurs- 

 ery a certificate to that effect on receipt of $10 for the 

 first day's inspection, and $5 for each subsequent day. 

 Copies of said certificate must accompany all ship- 

 ments of nursery stock. Bvery package of nursery 

 stock shipped into the State must be accompanied by 

 a copy of the official inspection certificate. Transpor- 

 tation companies are required to report to the Inspec- 

 tor of a consignment not properly certified. 



Oregon. The State is divided into five quarantine 

 districts by the State Board of Horticulture. All con- 

 signments of nursery stock arriving from without the 

 State must be inspected on arrival at the quarantine 

 station. If such stock is found free from pests or dis- 

 eases, the officer in charge shall issue a certificate to 

 that effect. If any trees are found infested, they are 

 to be disinfected and remain in quarantine until pro- 

 nounced clean. No peach, nectarine, apricot, plum or 

 almond trees, or other stock worked on peach roots, or 

 pits or cuttings, buds or scions of such-named trees 

 grown in the district where yellows or rosette are 

 known to exist, shall be admitted into the State. 



All nursery stock from foreign countries found in- 

 fested with insects or diseases hitherto unknown in the 

 State are not allowed to land. Nursery stock may be 

 disinfected by dipping into a solution of whale oil soap, 

 or fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas. All nurseries 

 must be inspected by the quarantine officers of the dis- 

 trict in the months of September, October, or Novem- 

 ber prior to shipment each year. Certificates shall be 

 issued where the stock is found in proper condition, 



