78 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPABTMBN1 OF AGRICULTURE, 
Tabu .'!2 — Importation of broo\ i under Quarantine No. )U 
by country 0/ origin, fiscal year 1935 
Country Brooma 
Broom- 
corn 
Country 
Brooma 
Number 
BaL a 
11,391 


Number Iinia 
M4 1 123 

1 !. 892 
64,556 I • 
— . 
In addition, Inspection wi - made under Quarantine No. 41 of the folio* - 
Corn on thf cob, green, 20,165 pounds; and corn on the cob, mature, 
pounds. 
The Bureau also supervised the entry under Quarantine No. 24 of 5,000,106 
pounds of shelled corn and under Quarantine No. 55 of the following: 
Or paddy rice, 2,488,671 pounds; rice Straw, 5,400 hales; and articles mad 
rice straw. t)14. 
The entry of shelled corn has been restricted from all foreign countries 
and local! Lea by quarantines since January 1, 1927. This year's importations 
of shelled corn under existing corn Quarantines N'os. 24 and -41 represent the 
largest yearly Importations since that date. They total 1,441,113,501 pounds. 
The average yearly importations under these two quarantines during the 
7%-year preceding period were 58.675,188 pounds. The Importations under 
Quarantine No. 41 of sorghum seed. Sudan grass seed, and broomcorn are 
also wi hout precedent in point of size. Importations of sorghum seed amounted 
to 1,769,581 pounds and of Sudan grass L0,567,926 pounds. The respective 
average yearly importations of these two commodities for the T 1 - preceding 
years were 56,023.6 pounds and 70,703.6 pounds. Broomcorn Importations 
(table 32) totaled 48. .'Ml hales this year. The average Nearly lmportati< 
this commodity for the 10-year preceding period, July i. 1924, to Jni 1 
were 589.2 hales. Under Quanta ines NOS. 24 and 41. the number o\ permits 
issued this year was <">i i. Last year 172 permits were issued. 
This year's importations of seed or paddy rice from Mexico under Quarantine 
No. "> are the largest since 1930. (The entry of seed or paddy rice : - pro- 
hibited from all other foreign countries and localities.) 
IMPORTATION OF BAGASSE UNDER QUARANTINE NOS. 15 AND 16 
Effective October 1, 1934, Foreign Sugarcane Quarantine No. 15 was amended 
to authorize the entry of specific materials on COndi ion that they have 
or are to he s () treated, processed, or manufactured that, in the judgment of 
the Department, their entry will involve no pest risk. 
Effective January 1. 1935, Domestic Sugarcane Quaran ine No. id was simi- 
larly amended to allow entry from Puerto Rico and Hawaii. 
Under these quarantines as amended Importations have been made under 
permit a- follows; Under Quarantine No. L5, from foreign • 
3,729,136 pounds, and bagasse dust, 765 pounds; under Quarantine. N 
from Puerto Rico and Hawaii bagasse, 56,136 pounds, and bagasse flour, 70 
pounds. 
IMPORTATIONS OF FRUITS AND VEGETAB1 is 
Tables 38 and :n show by countries of origin and ports of entry, respectlvelyi 
the kinds and quantl les of fruits and vegetables imported into the continental 
United States and into Hawaii and Puerto RIcO during the fiscal year 
permit and subject to inspection at the port of first arrival under the provisions 
of Quarantine No. 58, as well as Importations -f mandarin i under 
Quarantine No 28, and potatoes under the regulations governing the Importa- 
tion of potatoes into the United States. The total of th se Impoi 
1,825 bunches of bananas, 748,426 crates of pineapples, and 246.7( 
pounds of all other commodities listed. On the bat estimated 
that the total importation- aie approximately 26 i or ore - ,^\ i 1 ose made 
during the preceding vear [t addition, 746 emergency p Issued 
for the entry of .mail lo h of fruits nn Mes found in p 
Involving kind* previously approved for i the ports : ; question. 
