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homa, Porto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. They 

 are directed against all infested counties and States, as well as 

 against all counties which may become infested in the future. The 

 following pages give the substance of the present restrictions. For 

 further particulars the quarantine officers of the several States should 

 be addressed directly. 



Alabama. — The present quarantine regulations in Alabama were 

 promulgated by the Alabama State board of horticulture on April 

 4, 1911. The quarantine applies to cotton seed, seed cotton, hulls, 

 seed-cotton and cottonseed sacks (which had been used), cotton- 

 pickers' sacks, and corn in the shuck. Importation of these articles 

 into uninfested territory from infested territory, or from any point 

 situated within 20 miles of the area known to be infested, is pro- 

 hibited. However, between January 15 and July 15 shipments of 

 these articles originating within or ginned within a zone 20 miles 

 in length immediately adjoining the infested territory may be made 

 to points not more than 40 miles outside of the line of infestation. 

 Between October 1 and June 30 shipments of Spanish moss, baled 

 or unbaled, originating in infested territory, are prohibited from 

 entering or passing through uninfested parts of the State. Cotton 

 lint (loose, baled, flat, or compressed) originating in infested locali- 

 ties is prohibited except during the months of June, July, and 

 August. The shipment of household goods is prohibited unless 

 accompanied by an affidavit attached to the waybill to the effect 

 that the shipment contains no cotton, cotton seed, seed cotton, 

 hulls, seed-cotton and cottonseed sacks, cotton-pickers' sacks, corn 

 in the shuck, or loose Spanish moss, except that in shipments of 

 household goods made during the months of July, August, and 

 September corn shucks or Spanish moss may be used for packing. 

 All shipments of quarantined articles must be made in tightly closed 

 box cars. No person except the entomologist of the State board of 

 horticulture and his deputies is allowed to have in possession outside 

 of the weevil-infested territory any live stages of the boll weevil. 

 The penalty provided is a fine of from $100 to $500. 



California. — In California the boll-weevil quarantine is in the 

 form of an order issued by the State commissioner of agriculture 

 on April 23, 1908. This provides that all cotton seed shipped into 

 California shall be consigned through one of the State deputy com- 

 missioners of horticulture. These shipments shall be fumigated 

 with carbon bisulphid for a period of 24 hours by a deputy com- 

 missioner. Deputy commissioners are located at El Centro, San 

 Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, and San Diego. 



Florida. — The restrictions in effect are authorized by a statute 

 passed in 1911 which established the office of inspector of nurser} r 

 stock. Dr. E. W. Berger, Gainesville, is the present inspector. 



Georgia. — Previous to August 15, 1904, the Georgia State board 

 of entomology had authority, by virtue of the legislative act which 

 created it, to enact such regulations as it deemed necessary to pre- 

 vent the introduction or dissemination of injurious crop pests or 

 diseases. On August 28, 1903, this board adopted a regulation 

 prohibiting the introduction of cotton seed from Texas except under 

 a certificate from an authorized State or Government entomologist 

 stating that the seed had been fumigated in such manner as to kill 

 any stage of boll weevils which might be contained therein. On 



