272 BUREAU OF f:XTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
Notice of ()naraiitiiu> No. (>1. revised, which provides thnt permits iiiMy be 
issued for the interstate moveiiient of cottonseed from the rejiulated area on 
sucii conditions as nmy be prescribed by tliat I'nrean. the linrean hereby ap- 
proves any one of ilie followinj; alternative treatments and permits may be 
issued for the interstate movement of cottonseed so treated : 
When tlie cottonseed lias been sterilized to 14.")° F. as a part of the continuous 
process of ginninj; and, in addition, has been treated by sulphuric acid and 
screening: or has been given a special heat treatment at 14.")° maintained under 
approved conditions for a period of thirty (80) minutes: or has been heated 
to a temperature of 1;").')° in an approved nninner separate and apart from 
ginning operations, and subsequent to any one of these treatments has been 
protected from contaniinal ion to the satisfaction of the inspector. 
T-.ee A. Sthon(4, 
Chief, Jinrrau of J-^iitoniolof/y tiiid J*hi)it Quarantine' 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERN- 
ING THE IMPORTATION OF COTTON AND COTTON WRAPPINGS 
INTO THE UNITED STATES 
MODIFICATION OF COTTON REGULATIONS 
AMENDME>iT No. 3 OF RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ImPOETATION OF 
Cotton and Cotton Wrappings Into the United States 
[Effective on and after December 11. 1937] 
Under authority conferred by tlie Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912 
(37 Stat. 315), as amended, it is ordered that regulation 2 of the Rules and 
Regulations Governing the Importation of Cotton and Cotton Wrappings into 
the United States, as revised February 24, 1023, be, and the same is hereby, 
amended to read as follows : 
RECitLATJON 2. Applications fok Permits 
Persons contemplating the importation of cotton into the United States shall 
make application for a i)ermit to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C, in advance of shipment, on forms provided for that purpose. 
Permits will authorize the entry of cotton at the ports of Boston, Providence, 
New York, Seattle, Portland, Greg., San Francisco, and Los Angeles, and at 
such other ports of entry as may be approved by the Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine:^ Provided, That for cotton of the types not requiring 
disinfection as a condition of entry under the proviso to regulation 6, as 
modified effective May 1, 1924, and under the two yrovisox to reijuiation 9, and 
for second-hand burlap and other fabric of the kinds ordinarily used for 
wrapping cotton for which disinfection or approved ecpiivalent treatment is 
not required under the i^eco)id proviso to ref/ulation 11, permits will be issued 
for entry at the following additional ports: Philadelphia. Baltimore, Norfolk, 
Charleston, Savannah. Mobile, Gulfport, Miss., New Orleans, Houston, Galveston, 
Beaumont. Port Arthur. Niagarji Falls. Buffalo, Port Huron. Detroit, Chicago, 
and Sunias, Blaine, and Bellingham, Wash.: I'fovided further, That for 
second-hand bui'lap or other fabric of the kinds ordinarily used for wrap))ing 
cotton which is to be treated under conditions prescribed by the Bureau of 
Kntcmology and Plant Quarantine in a manner equivalent to disinfection under 
the first proviso to ref/ulation //. permits will be issued for entry at the addi- 
tional ports of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Niagara Falls, Buffalo. Port Hui-on. 
Detroit, and Chicago. 
Permits to authorize the entry of cotton via the United States for shipment 
to a foreign country will be issued under the provisions of the plant safeguard 
regulations for inunediatc^ exportation or for immediate transiM)rtati()n and 
exportation in bond as prescribed in the permit: Prorided. That colton which 
lias been entered in bond for sid)sequent disinfection may be exixtrted from the 
"The UntPMU of Entoinolofiy and Plant Quarantine lias assumed tlie fniutions oi" iho 
Fidoral Iloit icultuiiil P.oard. 
