S. R. A.— B. E. P. Q. No. 135 Issued September 1938 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
APRIL-JUNE 1938 
CONTENTS 
Page 
♦Quarantine and other official announcements 39 
Announcement relating to European corn borer quarantine (No. 41) 39 
Method used for the disinfection of imported broomcorn and broomcorn brooms (B. E. P. Q. 
474; supersedes H. B. 161 and supplements P. Q. C. A. 309) 39 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (No. 48) 40 
Revision of regulations 40 
Notice to general public through newspapers 51 
Instructions to postmasters 52 
Administrative instructions— fumigation of potatoes by methyl bromide as a condition of 
certification of potatoes moving by refrigerator car from the area listed in regulation 5 
of quarantine No. 48 (B. E. P. Q. 473) 52 
Announcement relating to Mexican fruitfly quarantine (No. 64) 53 
Administrative instructions— sterilization of grapefruit and oranges by heat under the 
Mexican fruitfly quarantine (B. E. P. Q. 472; superseding P. Q. C. A. 329) 53 
Announcements relating to white-pine blister rust quarantine (No. 63)... 54 
White-pine blister rust quarantine regulations modified-. 54 
Revision of regulations 55 
Notice to general public through newspapers... 60 
Instructions to postmasters 61 
Announcements relating to District of Columbia plant regulations 62 
District of Columbia plant regulations modified 62 
Revised rules and regulations governing the movement of plants and plant products into and 
out of the District of Columbia 62 
Notice to general public through newspapers 65 
Instructions to postmasters 65 
Announcement relating to rules and regulations governing the importation of cotton and cotton 
wrappings into the United States 66 
Modification of cotton regulations (revision of regulation 13) 66 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 67 
Arkansas State plant quarantine (shipment of sweetpotato plants restricted)... 67 
Additional plant inspection places in California 67 
Miscellaneous items 68 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Brazil (B. E. P. Q. 379, supplement No. 2). 68 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of France (B. E. P. Q. 403, supplement No. 3). 68 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Germany (B. E. P. Q. 405, supplement No. 
4) 69 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Central America (British Honduras) (B. E. P. Q. 445, 
supplement No. 3) 69 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Persia (Iran) (B. E. P. Q. 449, supplement No. 2) 70 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act... 70 
•Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 73 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO EUROPEAN CORN BORER 
QUARANTINE (NO. 41) 
May 7, 1938. 
B. E. P. Q. 474 (supersedes H. B. 161 and supplements P. Q. C. A. 309). 
METHOD USED FOR THE DISINFECTION OF IMPORTED BROOMCORN AND 
BROOMCORN BROOMS 
Broomcorn and articles made of broomcorn which arc required to be treated, 
under the provisions of regulation 5 of Quarantine No. 41, will be treated by one 
of the following methods : 
1. Vacuum fumigation : 
(1) The temperature of the stalks and of the fumigation chamber during the 
fumigation shall be not less than 60° F. 
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