1936] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 6 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO PINK BOLLWORM QUARANTINE 
(NO. 52) 
INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTMASTERS 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, February 21, 1936. 
Postmaster : 
My Dear Sir : Your attention is invited to the inclosed copy of the latest re- 
vision of the pink boll worm quarantine and regulations (Quarantine Order No. 
52 of the United States Department of Agriculture), by which you will please be 
governed. See paragraph 1, section 595, Postal Laws and Regulations. 
Very truly yours, 
C. B. ElLENBERGER, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
B. E. P. Q.-388. March 1, 1936. 
ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS— APROVAL OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS FOR 
BALED LINT COTTON FROM HEAVILY INFESTED AREAS 
Pursuant to authority vested in the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran- 
tine, under regulation 8 of the Revised Rules and Regulations Supplemental to 
Notice of Quarantine No. 52 (revised), approved December 4, 1935, effective 
December 5, 1935, which provides that baled lint, produced in a heavily in- 
fested area must be given both vacuum fumigation and either compression or 
roller treatment, unless and until the said Bureau shall approve some other 
treatment or treatments for the purpose; the Bureau, after having determined 
that either of the two following additional treatments affords adequate protec- 
tion, hereby approves either of them as further alternative treatments for 
baled cotton originating in heavily infested areas and permits may be issued 
for the interstate movement of baled cotton so treated. 1 
1. When, under the supervision of an inspector the flat bale shall be 
enclosed in a steamtight chamber and subjected to a steam pressure of 
not less than 15 pounds to the square inch for not less than 3 minutes at 
a temperature of not less than 150° F. at a depth of 3 inches from the 
surface of the bale at all points and when this treatment is followed by 
standard or high-density compression. 
2. When the lint of such bales has been passed between revolving 
rollers which, in the judgment of the inspector, are of adequate weight 
and are set sufficiently close to crush all cottonseed and kill any pink 
bollworms present, the bagging for such bales is kept uncontaminated, 
the platform and premises near to the bale press are clean and uncon- 
taminated, and when the bales are moved directly from the press to a 
location which, in the judgment of the inspector, is adequately safe- 
guarded against contamination. 
Persons or firms wishing to avail themselves of these additional treatments 
should address the local inspector of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine, or the Regional Headquarters, P. O. Box 798, San Antonio, Tex. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
1 This circular should not be construed to set aside or change any of the requirements 
regarding seed sterilization or prevention of contamination or other prerequisites for the 
issuance of permits on cotton products originating in regulated areas, except as specifically 
stated herein. 
