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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 
hare been examined and 4,476 specimens of the gipsy moth and 
1,435 specimens of the brown-tail moth in then 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 
