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the regulated areas. Soil-free rooted cuttings and fresh manure are exempt from 
certification. There are other slight modifications. Copies of the revised regula- 
tions may be obtained from the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. 
Claude R. Wickard, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
[The above notice was published in the following newspapers : The Times, Hartford, 
Conn., March 31, 1942 ; the Evening Journal, Wilmington, Del., March 30, 1942 ; The 
Evening Star, Washington. D. C, March 30, 1942 ; the Press-Herald Portland, Maine, 
March 31. 1942; the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore. Md., March 30, 1942; the Post, Boston, 
Mass., March 30. 1942; the Union, Manchester. N. EL, March 31. 1942; the News. Newark. 
N. J., March 30. 1942 : the Times, New York. N. Y., March 30, 1942 ; the Press, Cleveland, 
Ohio. March 30, 1942 ; the Bulletin. Philadelphia, Pa., March 28, 1942 ; the Bulletin. 
Providence, R. I.. March 30, 1942 : the Free Press. Burlington, Vt., March 31, 1942 ; the 
News-Leader, Richmond, Va., April 7, 1942; the Gazette, Charleston, W. Va. . March 30, 
1942.1 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO MEXICAN FRUITFLY 
QUARANTINE (NO. 64) 
TEXAS CITRUS FRUIT HARVEST EXTENDED 
[Press notice] 
January 23, 1942. 
Under a modification of the Mexican fruitfly Federal quarantine regulations 
announced today by the Department of Agriculture, the harvest season for 
oranges and grapefruit from the Texas counties of Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, 
and Willacy has been extended through May 31, for this year, provided condi- 
tions of infestation do not necessitate an earlier closing. 
The harvest season normally closes, under the regulations, on April 30, except 
that the grapefruit harvest in the counties of Dimmit, LaSalle, and Webb ends 
with the last day of February. The harvest begins on September 1. The quar- 
antine regulations require a fruit-free period between harvests to prevent 
fruitfly infestations in the lower Rio Grande Valley. 
It is believed that no risk of infestation is involved in this modification, the 
Department said, as intensive inspection has resulted in finding no fruitflies 
in any stage of development. The longer harvest will, furthermore, provide a 
more orderly marketing of this year's large crop of oranges and grapefruit. 
The area under regulation includes the Texas counties of Brooks, Cameron, 
Dimmit, Hidalgo, La Salle, Webb, Willacy, and part of Jim Wells County. 
Extension of the harvest season, which became effective January 20, under 
administrative instructions of the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine, was announced after consultation with the Texas State Department 
of Agriculture. 
B. E. P. Q. 521. Effective January 20, 1942 
TITLE 7— AGRICULTURE 
Chapter III — Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
Part 301 — Domestic Quarantine Notices 
mexican fruitfly regulations modified harvesting season extended 
§ 301.64-5d Administrative instructions modifying the restrictions of the 
Mexican fruitfly quarantine by extending the harvesting season on oranges and 
grapefruit. — Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Chief of the Bureau 
of Entomology and Plant Quarantine by the third proviso" of § 301.64, Chapter 
III, Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations [Notice of Quarantine No. 64], it 
having been determined by me that a modification may be safely made without 
increasing the risk of spread of the Mexican fruitfly, § 301.64-5 (a) [para- 
graph (a) of regulation 5 supplemental to this quarantine] is hereby modified 
effective January 20, 1942, to extend the harvesting season for oranges and 
