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customs station for inspection only when each shipment is accompanied by an 
official certificate of origin and health issued by competent authority of the 
country of origin. 
Any barley shipment not supported by such a certificate must be detained by 
the frontier customs and the station will be so advised by telegraph. The ship- 
ment shall be held in customs custody until an expert from the station inspects 
it and determines its freedom from Fu.sarium roscum Link. (Possibly the 
conidial stage of GihhereHi sauhincttii. Raino, A. J., Fusarium rot on oats and 
the poisoning induced thereby. Rev. Applied Mycology, XIII: 3, Mar. 1934, 
p. 157.) 
Restrictions on the Importation of Broomcorn 
Decree No. 53141/1930, of July 9, 1930, to prevent the introduction of the 
European corn borer [Pyrausta nuhilalis Hbn.). 
This decree prescribes that, on the basis of paragraph 5 of tariff law 
XIX/1924, broomcorn, classified under taritf item no. 217 and shipped from 
abroad by rail, ship, or highway traffic, may be passed through the customs only 
when the shipment is accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the 
Royal Hungarian State Entomological Laboratory (Budapest II, Kitaibel 
Pal u. 1). 
Any broomcorn shipment not supported by such a certificate must be detained 
by the frontier customs office, and the said laboratory shall be so advised by 
telegraph. The shipment shall be held in customs custody until an expert from 
the laboratory inspects and certifies the freedom of -the shipment from the 
European corn borer. 
The present restriction is not applicable to mail shipments, to limited frontier 
traffic, nor to transit shipments of broomcorn. However, any transit shipment 
that ultimately remains in Hungary shall be treated as a direct importation in 
accordance with the provisions of this decree. 
Restrictions on the Importation of Alfalfa and Cloat:r Seeds 
In Hungary the traffic in seeds is governed by articles 51 and 56 of law XII 
of 1894, law XLVI of 1895, administrative Decree No. 38286 of 1896, and later 
amendments, of the Royal Hungarian Minister of Agriculture. 
According to law XLVI of 1895, the adulteration and introduction into com- 
merce of agricultural products and articles, namely, ^grains, and in general, 
forage crop and grass seeds, are prohibited. Under the term "adulteration of 
agricultural products and articles" any adulteration or modification of the 
same, tending to mislead the purchaser concerning origin, composition, or 
quality of the products or articles, is to be understood. 
Decree No. 82000 of 1927, of the Minister of Agriculture, prescribes that, 
since extra-European, and especially South African alfalfa seed is unfit for 
sowing in Hungary on account of climatic conditions, and because its distribu- 
tion might injure the good reputation and quality of Hungarian alfalfa, the 
introduction into traffic of such seed from those sources, or of mixtures contain- 
ing such seeds, is prohibited. 
For this reason every imported lot of alfalfa seed must be tested by the seed 
control station before customs entry is made, and any seed found to be of 
extra-European or South African origin must be colored. (Decree No. 77300 
of 1930, applies the same provisions to red clover seed.) 
regulations governing importation of alfalfa and clover seeds 
[Decree No. 77300/1930-II-4, of Oct. 3, 1930] 
Article 1. For the direct commercial introduction of alfalfa and clover seed 
into commerce for propagation, only sealed sacks may be used, which are pro- 
vided with a ticket (tag) of the seed testing station, certifying freedom from 
weed seeds and as to quality, and sealed with an intact lead seal of the station. 
To weigh out small quantities of seed without injury to the seal a sampling 
auger can be used. 
Alfalfa and clover seeds do not fall under the prohibitions established by the 
preceding paragraph if these seeds, whether cleaned or not, are sold by the 
grower to the seed dealer, or if one seed dealer sells to another seed dealer, or 
even if one grower sells such seeds to another grower who is not concerned in 
such sales as a business. 
