S. K. A. — B. E. P. Q. No. 121 
Issued March l'J3i). 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1934 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements 93 
Announcement relating to Dutch elm disease quarantine (no. 70) 93 
Revision of quarantine 94 
Announcement relating to gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine (no. 45) 94 
Instructions to postmasters 94 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (no. 43)— 95 
No extension of Japanese beetle regulated area this year..- 95 
Developments in the Japanese beetle situation during 1934 95 
Announcements relating to pink bollworm quarantine (no. 52) 98 
Modification of pink bollworm quarantine regulations (amendment no. 2) 98 
Notice to general public through newspapers 100 
Instructions to postmasters 100 
Announcement relating to sugarcane quarantine (foreign) (no. 15) 101 
Instructions to collectors of customs (T. D. 47298) 101 
Announcements relating to sugarcane quarantine (domestic) (no. 16) 101 
Revision of quarantine 101 
Instructions to postmasters 102 
Announcement relating to sweetpotato quarantine (domestic) (no. 30) 102 
Revision of quarantine 1 02 
Miscellaneous items 103 
Calls conferences to consider control of three plant, pests 103 
, Fracker and Gaddis to head plant-pest-control divisions 104 
Peru prohibits the exportation of propagating material of rotenone-producing plants 
(P. Q. C. A.-310, supplement no. 3) 104 
Plant-quarantine export restrictions, Republic of Cuba (P. Q. C. A.-2S3, revised, supple- 
ment no. 4) 105 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Poland (B. E. P. Q.-368) 105 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Germany (B. P. Q.-302, revised, supplement no. 3).. 112 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Czechoslovakia (B. E. P. Q.-366, supple- 
ment no. 1) 112 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Mandate of Palestine (B. E. P. Q.-370) 113 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Mexico (P. Q. C. A.-284, supplement no 
10) 115 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 116 
List of current quarantines and other restrictive orders and miscellaneous regulations 117 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 124 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO DUTCH ELM DISEASE 
QUARANTINE (NO. 70) 
DUTCH ELM DISEASE QUARANTINE 
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 7 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
Provision was originally made in this quarantine for the importation from 
Europe of elm veneer logs if free from bark and wood-infesting insects, and 
with a prescribed hot-water treatment required before release. It has been 
found, however, that the complete removal of all vestiges of bark, which alone 
would eliminate both adult and larval stages of the scolytid beetles known to 
be instrumental in spreading the Dutch elm disease, has not been effectively 
accomplished in the majority of shipments presented for entry under this 
provision. Both adult and larval stages of scolytids have been found in bark 
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