1932] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 17 
regulated areas or portions thereof to such authorized mills for crushing of 
cottonseed which has been sterilized in a cottonseed-heating machine approved 
by and operated in a manner satisfactory to the inspector. 
(c) Permits may be issued for the interstate movement of cottonseed pro- 
duced in areas in which pink bollworm infestation is so light that the Plant 
Quarantine and Control Administration authorizes the omission of fumigation 
of the cotton lint produced therein, on condition that such seed shall be heated 
to a temperature of not less than 145° F. and held at such temperature for at 
least one hour; that the maintenance of such temperature shall be witnessed 
by an inspector; and that cottonseed so treated shall be immediately placed in 
sacks or other approved containers and shipped, or shall be segregated in a 
manner satisfactory to the inspector. 
This amendment shall be effective on and after February 1, 1932. 
Done at the city of Washington this 19th day of January, 1932. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
[seal.] Arthur M. Hyde, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
[This amendment was sent to all common carriers doing business in or through the 
States of Arizona, New Mpxico, and Texas.] 
Notice to General Public Through Newspapers 
United States Department of Agriculture. 
Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, 
Washington, D. C, January 19, 1932. 
Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture, under authority 
conferred on him by the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), 
as amended, has promulgated amendment No. 3 to the revised rules and regula- 
tions supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 52 (revised), on account of the 
pink bollworm, effective February 1, 1932. This amendment authorizes the 
issuance of permits for the interstate movement of cottonseed from certain 
lightly infested sections of the pink-hollworm regulated areas, on condition 
that the seed is heated to 145° F. for one hour under Federal supervision. 
Copies of said amendment may be obtained from the Plant Quarantine and 
Control Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C. 
Arthur M. Hyde. 
Secretary of Agricultur< . 
[Published in the following newspapers : El Paso Post, El Paso, Tex., March 23, 1932 ; 
New Mexico State Tribune, Albuquerque, N. Mex., January 30, 1932 ; Arizona Republican, 
Phoenix, Ariz., February 2, 1932.] 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO SATIN-MOTH QUARANTINE (NO. 53) 
INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTMASTERS 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster Genernx. 
Washington, D. C, February 3, 1932. 
Postmaster: There is inclosed for your information and guidance a copy 
of the revised regulations of Quarantine Order No. 53 of the United States 
Department of Agriculture, on account of the satin moth, effective December 1, 
1931, extending the quarantined areas in the States of Connecticut, Maine, 
Massachusetts, and Vermont. 
In addition to extending the regulated area, the effect of the revision is to 
prohibit the interstate movement of poplar and willow trees, and parts thereof 
capable of propagation, from this additional territory to outside points. The 
revision also provides for the shipment from the regulated area under certain 
conditions of poplar and willow trees, and parts thereof capable of propagation, 
when these have originated outside of the regulated area. 
Inviting attention to paragraph 1, section 467, Postal Laws and Regulations, 
you are requested to see that the provisions of the quarantine order are strictly 
enforced at your office. 
Very truly yours, F. A. Tilton, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
