108 A.NNUAL BEPOBTS OF DEPARTMENT OF A.GRIOTJLTTJRE, 1939 
In addition to the commodities Listed in table 15, 1,030 lots of 
plant material were entered at Canadian border ports where no plant- 
quarantine inspectors arc stationed, through the cooperation of the 
customs officers and of the Division of Foreign Pests Suppression of 
t lie Canadian Department of Agriculture. These importations con- 
sisted of 11 lots, containing 1,819 bunches of bananas: 370 Lots, con- 
sisting of 1.0,612 bales of bagging, cotton, and cotton waste; 400 lots, 
totaling 1,709,751 bushels of com: and L83 Lots, consisting of 407 
containers and 676 individual plants entering under regulation 15 
of Quarant ine No. 3,7. 
At the Mexican border port- there were several thousand importa- 
tions of fruits and vegetables in such small quantities thai qo entries 
were required by customs and no plant-quarantine record of them was 
kept, hence they do not appeal- in table 15. All these small importa- 
tions were carefully in-pected before being released, and their han- 
dling represented a great deal of work, especially at the larger ports. 
This type of importation has increased very greatly during the last 
few years. 
Many of the ports have devoted considerable time to the inspection 
of packing materials used in connection with commodities not subject 
to plant-quarantine restriction. When prohibited packing material 
is discovered it must be treated or removed and destroyed under the 
supervision of a plant-quarantine inspector. Shipments of imported 
liquors have continued to arrive packed with straw jackets which 
have been contaminated with vetch plants bearing seeds infested with 
living bruchids. All jackets in which living bruchids were found 
had to be removed and destroyed or given to fumigation approved 
for imported vetch seed found to be infested with living bruchids. 
DISINFECTION 
Disinfection is required of certain commodities as a condition of 
entry and of other commodities when inspection reveals the pres- 
ence of injurious insects or plant diseases. The following plant 
material was treated under the supervision of inspectors and col- 
laborators of this Bureau: 
Cotton 131. 1G1 bales. 
Cotton waste 17,653 bales. 40 bags. 
eotn.ii linters r.4. 12".:^ bales. 
Cotton samples 13, 6S7 packages. 
Bagging 2.00") bales. 
Rags 473 bales. 
Broomcorn 190 bales. 
Vetch 2.273 bags. 
Rice fiber 580 bales. 
Narcissus 3. S77 cases. 37 bags, 80 baskets. 
Tree seeds t"»7 containers, 10,563 pounds. 
Miscellaneous plants 2,769 containers, 2.723 units. 1 
Chestnuts 2,624 eases. 221 barrels. 
Cipollinl 9,925 eases. 
Lima be:ins 12. .">02 hampers, 
Pigeonpeas 97 hampers. 
Lily bulbs 438 cases. 
Kudzu >('i(\ !> bags, 2 cas 
Vida fata 51 bags, 
'Refer* i<> plants, cuttings, bulbs, roots, or oilier propagating units concerned. 
