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BULLETIN 204, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



each. (PL XI.) It is the duty of each inspector carefully to examine 

 all lumber or forest products, cordwood, telephone poles, railroad 

 ties, tan bark, etc., which may be shipped from any points in his 

 district to points outside the infested area after the proper application 

 has been made and to issue certificates of inspection if no infestation 

 is found. In accordance with the provisions of the quarantine 

 regulations, transportation companies are required to reject ship- 

 ments which are not accompanied with proper certificates. During 

 the season when nursery stock is being moved, examinations are 

 made of all woody plants which are consigned to points outside the 

 quarantined area. A number of special inspectors are employed for 

 this purpose in addition to the men engaged on the regular lumber- 

 inspection work. In order that this work may be of the most thor- 

 ough character so as to safeguard purchasers in other parts of the 

 United States, a tree-by-tree inspection is made of all trees and 

 plants growing in the nurseries before they are dug for shipment. 

 Another inspection of the plants is made at the time they are being 

 packed for shipment. During the fiscal year 1914, 17,076 shipments 

 have been examined and 4,476 specimens of the gipsy moth and 

 1,435 specimens of the brown-tail moth in their various stages have 

 been found and the insects destroyed. This has resulted in preventing 

 these pests from spreading to many localities not now infested. The 

 destinations of these shipments ranged as far south as Jacksonville, 

 Fla., as far west as Prineville, Oreg., and as far north as Montreal, 

 Quebec. 



The destination of shipments on which infestations were found 

 and destroyed are given below: 



Number of 

 State. shipments. 



Colorado 1 



Connecticut 25 



District of Columbia 1 



Florida 3 



Georgia 1 



Illinois 14 



Iowa 1 



Maryland 2 



Massachusetts 24 



Number of 

 State. shipments. 



Maine 12 



Michigan 4 



Missouri 5 



New Hampshire 7 



New Jersey 11 



New York 34 



North Carolina 1 



Ohio 12 



Oregon 1 



Number of 

 State. shipments. 



Pennsylvania 10 



South Carolina 1 



Vermont 35 



Virginia 2 



Canada 6 



England 1 



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BROWN-TAIL MOTH QUARANTINE. 



The enforcement of the brown-tail moth quarantine is conducted in 

 connection with the inspections carried on to determine whether ship- 

 ments are infested with the gipsy moth. It is not necessary, however, 

 to inspect lumber for this purpose. Deciduous nursery stock is 

 examined and all webs of the moth destroyed before shipments are 

 permitted. In order to prevent as far as possible the carriage of the 

 adult female moths on trains, inspectors have been placed at several 

 main railroad junctions along the border of infestations to examine 

 the trains during the time the moths are flying. These insects are 

 strongly attracted to bright light and the results which have been 



