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Cart out and spread manure in favorable weather; it is a good 
mulch for small stock. 
Is everything in cold storage for early and for late shipments? 
Have heat in buildings where men work when too cold for outdoor 
labor. 
Scions for indoor grafting may be cut now, and heeled-in in sand 
in a cool cellar. 
Overhaul boxes and packing material, to have all in proper con- 
dition for use. 
Collect all debts and pay all bills, to start the coming year clear 
of these matters. 
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 
The Federal Horticultural Board has issued a number of 
Service and Regulatory Announcements dealing with the fol- 
lowing: 
Mediterranean Fruit Fly and 
Melon Fly. 
Potato Quarantine. 
Instructions to Postmaster re 
Cotton Lint. 
Imported Cotton. 
Importation of Potatoes. 
White Pine Blister Rust. 
Importation of Nursery Stock. 
Sweet Potatoes and Yams 
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An index to the Service and Regulatory Announcements 1915 
was issued on June 10, 1916, also a revised list of countries 
which maintain nursery stock inspection. Each or all of these 
may be had upon application to the Federal Horticultural Board, 
U. S. Dept, of Agri., Washington, D. C. “ 
