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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1933 
Table 3. — Stone and quarry products certified under gypsy-moth quarantine, fiscal 
year 1933 
Barge 
loads 
Bar- 
rels 
Boxes 
Car- 
loads 
Crates 
Pieces 
Truck 
loads 
Products 
found 
infested 
Gypsy moths 
found 
Material 
Egg 
clus- 
ters 
Larvae 
and 
pupae 
Crushed rock . 
725 
113 
43 
2,684 
80 
1,220 
88 
4 
1 
12 
Curbing _ 
1 
Feldspar 
136 
28 
360 
840 
83, 977 
232 
17 cars._. 
U piece. . 
4 cars 
} 136 
13 
24 
8 
_____ 
12,912 
5 
152 
23, 998 
3,074 
2 
5 
6 cars 
1 truck.. 
15 
2 
1 
4 
17 
23 
Total 
169 
13 
13, 429 
4,957 
24, 842 
87, 069 
270 
[17 cars.. 
\ 1 piece- . 
U truck.. 
1 66 
5 
1 This does not include 212 egg clusters, 11 larvae, 47 pupae found on car stakes, blocking, and crating 
material. 
2 Includes 3 gypsy-moth pupae and 1 brown-tail larva. 
Nursery stock certified under the gypsy-moth quarantine during the fiscal year 
consisted of 9,697 bales, 4,937 boxes, 124 carloads, 31,749 cases, 421 cash-and- 
carry packages, 9,370 packages, and 1,784 truck loads. Of these, 7 bales, 4 boxes, 
10 cars, 6 cases, 1 package, and 3 truck loads were found infested with 39 gypsy- 
moth egg clusters, 8 gypsy-moth larvae, and 2 brown-tail winter webs. 
Under a provision of the gypsy-moth-quarantine regulations, material which 
originates outside of the quarantined area may be shipped from points inside the 
area under permit. During the fiscal year nearly all types of products shipped 
under certificates were also shipped under permit. Permits were issued for the 
shipment of 4,332 individual or bulk lots. 
Materials that have been manufactured, processed, or stored in such manner 
that, in the judgment of the inspector, no infestation could be transmitted, may 
be moved if accompanied by permits issued to the shipper. One' hundred and 
three firms or individuals are now shipping under permit. During the fiscal 
year 8,159 individual or bulk lots were shipped. 
During the time not required for regular inspection and certification work the 
inspectors have examined tourist camps for gypsy-moth or brown-tail moth infes- 
tation. The reports on this work cover 257 camps. Sixty-three camps were 
found infested with the gypsy moth to some extent, and three were also infested 
with the brown-tail moth. Eradication was recommended to owners. This has 
been done and the infestations destroyed. 
VIOLATIONS 
Investigations were made of 293 violations of the Federal and State gypsy- 
moth and brown-tail-moth quarantines, and of 52 reported violations of other 
quarantines effective in the New England territory. Most of these were non- 
commercial shipments, and about 80 percent were small shipments by mail. In 
no case was evidence secured of willful intent to evade quarantine requirements. 
COOPERATION 
As in the past, cordial cooperative relations have existed between the States 
concerned and the activities administered b}^ the gypsy-moth project. The results 
secured during the present fiscal year have in a large measure been attributable 
to the interest and support of the States and the local officials with whom we 
maintain active cooperation. 
THE BROWN-TAIL MOTH 
The infestation of the brown-tail moth {Nygmia phaeorrhoea Don.) was more 
severe than during the previous season, especially in Maine and New Hampshire, 
and over 1,127,000 hibernating webs were cut and destroyed in New Hampshire 
and Massachusetts. No record is available of the webs that were cut in Maine. 
