1939] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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Domestic Plant Quarantines 
quarantines applying to the continental united states 
Black stem rust. — Quarantine No. 38, revised, effective September 1. 1937 : 
Prohibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
effective August 1, 1931, the movement into any of the protected States, namely, 
Colorado. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota. Missouri. Montana. 
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania. South Dakota. Virginia, West 
Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, as well as the movement from any one of 
said protected States into any other protected State of the common barberry 
{Berberis vulgaris), or other species of Berberis or MahowUt or parts thereof 
capable of propagation, on account of the black stem rust of grains. The regula- 
tions place no restrictions on the interstate movement of Japanese barberry (B. 
thunbergii) or any of its rust-resistant varieties, or of cuttings (without roots) of 
Mahonia shipped for decorative purposes and not for propagation. 
Gypsy moth and brown-tail moth. — Quarantine No. 45, revised, effective Sep- 
tember 29, 1938 : Prohibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations supple- 
mental thereto, revised, effective September 29, 1938. the movement interstate to 
any point outside of the infested area, or from points in the generally infested 
area to points in the lightly infested area, of stone and quarry products, and of 
the plants and the plant products listed therein. The regulated area covers Rhode 
Island and parts of the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New 
Hampshire, and Vermont. 
Japanese beetle. — Quarantine No. 48, revised, effective March 1, 1937: Pro- 
hibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
revised, effective February 20, 1939. the interstate movement of (1) fruits and 
vegetables; (2) nursery, ornamental, and greenhouse stock, and other plants; 
and (3) sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure, from the regulated area 
to or through any point outside thereof. The regulated area includes the entire 
States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Delaware, 
and the District of Columbia, and portions of the States of Maine. New Hamp- 
shire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia, and 
Ohio. 
Pink bollworm. — Quarantine No. 52. revised, effective March 15, 1939: Pro- 
hibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
revised, effective March 15, 1939, the interstate movement from the regulated 
areas of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, of (1) cotton, wild cotton, including 
all parts of either cotton or wild cotton plants, seed cotton, cotton lint, linters, 
and all other forms of unmanufactured cotton fiber, gin waste, cottonseed, cot- 
tonseed hulls, cottonseed cake, and meal; (2) bagging and other containers and 
wrappers of cotton and cotton products; (3) railway cars, boats, and other ve- 
hicles which have been used in conveying cotton or cotton products or which 
are fouled with such products; (4) farm products, farm household goods, farm 
equipment, and, if contaminated with cotton, any other articles. 
'Thurberia weevil. — Quarantine No. 61, revised, effective August 1, 1927: Pro- 
hibits the interstate movement of Thurberia. including all parts of the plant, 
from any point in Arizona and prohibits, except as provided in the rules and 
regulations supplemental thereto effective October 2, 1933, as amended effective 
October 22, 1930. the interstate movement from the regulated area of Arizona 
of (1) cotton, including all parts of the plant, seed cotton, cotton lint, linters, 
and all other forms of unmanufactured cotton lint, gin waste, cottonseed, cotton- 
seed hulls, and cottonseed cake and meal; (2) bagging and other containers and 
wrappers of cotton and cotton products; (3) railway cars, boats, and other 
vehicles which have been used in conveying cotton and cotton products, or which 
are fouled with such products; (4) hay and other farm products: and (5) farm 
household goods, farm equipment, and. if contaminated with cotton, any other 
articles. 
White-pine blister rust. — Quarantine No. 63, effective October 1. 1926: Pro- 
hibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
revised, effective July 1, 1938, the interstate movement from every State in the 
continental United States and the District of Columbia of five-leafed pines 
(Pinus) or currant and gooseberry plants (Ribes and Grossularia) , including 
cultivated or wild or ornamental sorts. 
Mexieaii fruitfly. — Quarantine No. 64. revised, effective October 15, 1937: Pro- 
hibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
revised, effective October 15, 1937, the interstate movement from the regulated 
area of Texas of fruits of all varieties. 
