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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
77 
Notice to General Public Through Newspapers 
United States Department of Agriculture, 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
Washington, D. C, June 22, 1939. 
Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture, under authority con- 
ferred on him by the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), as 
amended, has promulgated Amendment No. 1 to the revised rules and regulations 
supplemental to the Japanese beetle quarantine (Notice of Quarantine No. 48), 
effective on and after July 1, 1939. The purpose of the amendment is principally 
to include in the regulated area the entire county of Cuyahoga, Ohio, changing 
the status of Cleveland so that certification is required for all restricted com- 
modities moved from that city to nonreguiated area ; to add Rochester, N. Y., 
and Brighton, N. Y., as outlying regulated areas; to omit part of the area in 
Steuben County, N. Y. ; and to include minor modifications as to certification 
requirements. Copies of the amendment may be obtained from the Bureau of 
Entomology and Plant Quarantine, United States Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. 
H. A. Wallace, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
[The above notice was published in the following newspapers: The Times, Hartford, 
Conn., Julv 1, 1939 ; the Journal-Every Evening. Wilmington, Del., July 1, 1939 ; the 
Press-Herald, Portland. Maine. Julv 5, 1939 ; the Sun. Baltimore. Md.. Julv 3. 1939 ; 
the Post, Boston, Mass., July 3, 1939; the Union, Manchester, X. H., July 7,' 1939 ; the 
News, Newark, N. J., Julv 3, 1939 ; the Times. New York. N. Y., July 3, 1939 ; the 
Press, Cleveland, Ohio. July 3, 1939; the Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pa., Julv 1, 1939: the 
Bulletin, Providence, R. I., July 1, 1939 ; the Free Press, Burlinaton. Vt.. July 3, 1939 ; 
the News Leader. Richmond. Va., July 1, 1939; the Gazette, Charleston, W. Va., July 
5, 1939; and the Star, Washington, D. C, July 3, 1939.] 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO MEXICAN FRUITFLY QUARANTINE 
(NO. 64) 
TEXAS GRAPEFRUIT HARVEST EXTENDED THROUGH MAY 15; GRAPEFRUIT MUST BE 
STERILIZED AFTER APRIL 11 
[Press notice] 
April 10, 1939. 
The season for harvesting grapefruit under the Mexican friiitfly quarantine 
regulations, which apply to the Texas counties of Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, 
and Willacy and part of Jim Wells County, has been extended to the close of 
May 15, Lee A. Strong, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran- 
tine, announced today. The harvesting season normally closes under the 
quarantine on April 30. 
In order to insure against spread of infestation all grapefruit harvested in 
the regulated area after April 11, 1939, must be sterilized in manner and by 
method approved by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine. 
The extension of the harvest season for grapefruit and the requirement, of 
sterilization for such fruit harvested after April 11, 1939, was announced after 
consultation with the Texas Slate Department of Agriculture and is concurred 
in by J. E. McDonald, commissioner of agriculture. 
The harvesting season for Valencia oranges closes on June 15, 1939, as 
provided in circular B. E. P. Q. 487, dated January 27, 1939. 
P>. E. P. Q. 495. 
ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE MEXICAN FRUITFLY QUARAN- 
TINE, REQUIRING STERILIZATION OF ALL GRAPEFRl IT HARVESTED ON AND 
AFTER APRIL 12, 1939. AND EXTENDING THE HARVESTING SEASON ON GRAPE- 
FRUIT TO THE CLOSE OF MAY 15, 1939 
April 7, 1939. 
Under authorization vested in the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine in the third proviso of Notice <»f Quarantine No. ill, revised 
(sec. 301.64), it is hereby required, as provided in paragraph (e) of regulation 
