8 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1933 
and West Virginia. In some instances Wisconsin is also mentioned among the 
States from which shipments are restricted, and the quarantines frequently apply- 
to any additional States in which infestation may hereafter be found. 
Regulatory action as a result of revocation of the Federal regulations has been 
taken by all uninfested States except Alabama, Delaware, Idaho, Minnesota, 
Montana, North Carolina, and North Dakota. 
Extended conferences and correspondence with officials in States imposing 
embargoes finally resulted in agreement on the part of regulatory officials in 
Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah to 
accept Federal certification on quarantined articles shipped in accordance with 
the provisions of the Federal regulations in effect prior to July 15, 1932. Most 
of these agreements became effective in January 1933, with the revision of em- 
bargoes to provide for shipments into their respective States of quarantined 
articles from the infested zones when accompanied by Federal certification evi- 
dencing freedom from corn borer. Wyoming still retains its original embargo 
order. 
Decision to inaugurate a Federal corn-borer inspection and certification service 
required a systematic survey of formerly quarantined territory to determine the 
amount of certification required and to acquaint dealers with the available 
service. The survey began in January and was concluded early in March. 
Territory in all States affected by the State requirements for Federal certification 
was divided into districts and various sections assigned to each of 23 men engaged 
in the survey. Although a complete survey was required of establishments 
shipping restricted articles, especial attention was first directed to large shippers 
of dahlia tubers, whose shipping season was near at hand. At the conclusion of 
the survey, the probable demands for Federal certification were summarized, and 
the surveyed territory was subdivided into areas which could be served conven- 
iently by single inspectors. Territories as assigned early in March are as follows: 
Eastern Michigan, western Michigan, northern Indiana, southern Indiana and 
southwestern Ohio, northern Ohio, southeastern Ohio and West Virginia, western 
Pennsylvania, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, southeastern New York and 
Fairfield County, Conn., western New York, northeastern New York, and the 
State of Connecticut other than Fairfield County. Inspection and certification 
in the New England States is furnished by inspectors working from the Boston 
and Springfield, Mass., field offices. In the 4 months that this inspection service 
has been available during the fiscal year, over 3,500 lots of quarantined articles 
were inspected and certified for movement to States accepting only Federal 
certification. 
For the purpose of enforcing the Illinois quarantine, State authorities enlisted 
the cooperation of county police officials along the Illinois-Indiana State line 
from Lake Michigan to the Wabash River. These officials assisted in preventing 
the movement through their counties of uncertified quarantined material. 
Squads of Illinois highway police were also stationed for a time on roads leading 
into the State from Indiana. Truck loads of contraband material were turned 
back. Express shipments of produce moving contrary to the quarantine were 
confiscated. Three Illinois inspectors were stationed in Chicago to check, in 
compliance with the regulations, the receipt of quarantined articles in the market 
district. For a short period, three shifts of Michigan State inspectors were 
stationed at Benton Harbor, Mich., for the purpose of inspecting and certifying 
celery and other farm produce affected by the Illinois quarantine. 
Enforcement of State regulations in general was largely secured through 
instructions issued by common carriers to their agents regarding acceptance of 
restricted material for movement into States quarantining against the infested 
States. Under the laws of many of the States, articles shipped contrary to 
regulatory orders are subject to confiscation when found within the State. 
Recommendations issued in November by the joint committee on the European 
corn borer, a committee composed of representatives of each of five national 
professional societies, again recognized the value of the Federal quarantine in 
preventing long-distance spread of the pest. 
SCOUTING AND NEWLY DISCOVERED CORN-BORER INFESTATIONS 
Field inspections to determine spread of the borer in 1932 were completely 
organized by July 31. The 228 men comprising the 83 crews assigned to work 
in the western area were trained at 2 scout schools conducted at the Depart- 
ment-owned farm near Toledo, Ohio. The State of Illinois employed 16 of 
these scouts. The State of Wisconsin also furnished 2 crews of 3 men each. 
Sixty-six men were trained at a scout school held at Freehold, N.J. After 
