IQ ANM AL iii:r(>K rs OF I)i:i'aktmi:n'i- of A(;in("rLTUUK. 
the end (»t' Jiiiii-. Many ^^roi'iihousos reported tlu' lar^rcst v<j1uiiu' of Imsiiiess 
since 1929. 
About 1,00U samples collected fr(»in 97.7 acres of nursery plots, heolinp-in 
areas, and frames treated with lead arsenate were analyzed by the Division 
of InscK'ticide In vest i;j:at ions to determine tlie concentration of the poison in tlv,' 
soil. Application of the p(»ison to areas sbowiu}; dosaijes less than the required 
amount was completed by .June 30, Initial ajiplications of lead arsenate were 
made to 10.8 acres of nursery plots and heelinj^-in .sections. 
Commercial establishments conforminjj to the re(iuirements for classificatioi) 
increa.sed from 2.271 to 2,.'i<>r>. Divided on the basis of cia.ssiticatioii. 1.721 of 
these establishments were in class I. 024 in class III, and 20 in an intermediarj' 
cla.ssification. The number of nninfested classitied nurseries increased by 8". 
Many classified establishments dropped their classification upon the findin:^ 
of an infestation on their premises. There was a net increase of nine in the 
number of infested classified establishments. 
Emergence of adult Japanese beetles was reported as early as May 13 from 
Holmes, Pa. Adult beetles were also discovered on May 15, at Norw(»od, I*a. 
CERTIFICATION OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND CUT FLOWERS 
Demands for the inspection of fruits and vegetables during the 1930 period 
of adult beetle fiight were met by a corps of 138 inspectors. Thirty insix'ction 
centers were established throujrhout the regulated area : One each in Connecti- 
cut, the District of Columbia, and Maine; two each in Massachusetts and Penn- 
sylvania ; three in Virginia : four each in New Jersey and Maryland ; five in 
Delawjirc; and seven In New York. 
Fumigation of refrigerator cars was required ou a larger scale than ever 
before. For the second season inspection of all southbound fruits and vegetables 
was concentrated at Fredericksburg, Va. This was for the purpose of eliminat- 
ing the possibility of reinfestation of certified produce traveling through the 
flight area. By centralizing this work at Fredericksburg it was possible to 
reduce the force to the minimum in southern New Jerse.v, eastern Pennsylvania, 
and Maryland. An administrative order, effective June 1. 1930, exempted fr(»m 
the quarantine restrictions certain articles that theretofore had required inspec- 
tion and thus relieved shippers and inspectors of considerable routine work 
in connection with the certilication of noncarriers of the Japanese beetle. 
Inspection of freight cars destined to or reconsigned from Chicago, Cincinnati, 
Kansas City, Milwaukee, and St. Paul netted about 200 live beetles. About 75 
percent of them were taken from refrigerator cars of produce from the Eastern 
Shore. The living beetles probably gained entrance to the cars through hatch 
screens that were sometimes broken by falling cinders or in connection with 
reiciug. Heavier screens, wired in, were prescribed as soon as this situation 
came to the Bureau's attention. 
The quantity of farm products certified in New Jersey was more than three 
times as great as in the summer of 1935. Owing to the decre.-jse in the number 
of beetles and conditions in general at the time, re(piirements for the fumigation 
of refrigerator cars for potato shipments and screening of cars were lifted on 
September 10. 
Large quantities of beans offered for insix^ction in Maryland and Virginia 
areas necessitated the use of 11 bean machines and 12 a(iditi<uial insi^ectors. 
The seasonal restrictions on fruits and vegetables were removed September 21. 
The restrictions on the movements of cut flowers continued in elTect, however, 
until October 15. 
In the course of the seasonal quarantine on fruits, vegetables, and cut tlowers. 
inspectors removed 2.21S adult beetles from 0.1.50.311 packages of commodities 
certified f<»r transiiort;ition to nninfested States. The articles from which the 
greatest numbers of beetles were removed were beans, cut flowers, corn, and 
I)ot4itoes. 
CERTIFICATES ISSUED, VIOLATIONS INVESTIG ATEP. AND PROSECUTIONS 
TERMINATED 
During the year 305,03.5 certificates of all kinds were required to C(ner 
qu.'irantined i)roducts moving to nonregulated territory. 
Table shows the quarantintni articles intended for shipments from the 
regulated area and for us(» in certified grecMihouses or surface soil plots, in 
heeling-in areas, or in plunging areas, which werc^ fumigated or sterilized durim: 
the 12-month jM^riod. 
