1933] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 169 
GROUP 3. STATE CERTIFICATES ACCEPTED ON CERTAIN PRODUCTS 
Regulative quarantines, largely uniform, have been issued by the following 
States: Arkansas. Florida. Illinois. Iowa. Kansas. Kentucky, Mississippi. Mis- 
souri, Nebraska, Now Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Ten- 
nessee, Texas. Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. 
Restrictions-. — Except as provided under subsections (l)-(3) below, the fol- 
lowing articles are not admitted to the States in group :'» unless they have 
been manufactured or processed in such a manner as to eliminate all risk of 
carrying the European corn borer: 
Class {a). — Cornstalks, ears. cobs, or other parts or debris of corn or broom- 
corn plants, sorghums, and Sudan grass (except clean, shelled corn, 10 broom- 
corn seed, sorghum seed, and Sudan-grass seed), which have originated in the 
infested States. 
Except as provided under subsections (3)- (7) below, the following articles 
are not admitted to the States in group 3 unless they have been manufactured 
or processed as provided above, or unless they have been inspected by a duly 
authorized State or Federal inspector and certified to be free from the Euro- 
pean corn borer, and are contained in a car, box, or other container to which 
is attached a copy of said certificate. 
Class (&). — Celery, beans in the pod, beets with tops, rhubarb, oat or rye 
straw as such or when used as packing, cut flowers or entire plants of chrys- 
anthemums, asters, cosmos, zinnias, hollyhocks, and cut flowers or entire plants 
of gladioli and dahlias except the roots, bulbs, or corms thereof without stems, 
which have been grown or stored in the infested States. The South Dakota 
quarantine also places these requirements on spinach. 
Exceptions. — (1) The South Dakota quarantine applies to "all parts of 
the plant " in the case of corn and broomcorn and makes no reference to the 
exemption of shelled corn or seeds. 
(2) The States of Florida. Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas 
accept articles of class (a) when certified as provided above or when manufac- 
tured or processed. 
(3) The Illinois and Virginia quarantines place oat and rye straw in class 
(a) instead of class (&). They also provide for the admittance of seed corn 
on the cob in small quantities for exhibition purposes under certificate, in 
the case of Illinois, that it has been subjected to a temperature of 150° F. for 
not less than 3 hours; and in the case of Virginia, that it has been processed 
in such a manner as to eliminate risk of carrying the European corn borer. 
(4) Celery is omitted from the list of restricted articles under the quaran- 
tines of Florida. Kentucky, and Texas. 
(5) Cosmos, zinnia, and hollyhock are omitted from the list of restricted 
articles under the quarantines of Florida, Mississippi, and Texas. 
(6) Oat and rye straw is omitted from the list of restricted articles under 
the quarantines of Florida. Mississippi, and Texas. 
(7) The South Carolina quarantine does not provide for the acceptance of 
articles of class (&) when manufactured or processed. They must be certified. 
Regulations With Respect to Canada 
Shipments to Canada. — Shipments of cleaned shelled corn, either for seed or 
feed, and cleaned seed of broomcorn may enter Canada, if accompanied by a 
certificate of inspection, signed by an authorized Federal or State official, to 
the effect that the shipment in question is free from infestation with the 
European corn borer. 
Shipments from Canada. — Federal Quarantine No. 41 (revised) prohibits 
the importation into the United States from all foreign countries and localities 
of the stalk and all other parts, whether used for packing or other purposes, 
in the raw or unmanufactured state, of Indian corn, or maize, broomcorn, 
sweet sorghums, grain sorghums, Sudan grass, Johnson grass, and certain other 
articles, except that permits may be issued by the Bureau of Plant Quarantine 
for the importation of "broomcorn for manufacturing brooms or similar arti- 
cles made of broomcorn, clean shelled corn, and clean seed of the other plants 
covered." 
10 Not exempt under the South Dakota quarantine. See subsection (1), 
