82 ANNUAL KKPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1953 
Gypsy moth inspection certification activities were conducted 
within the 47,501 square miles of regulated area. This includes all of 
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, parts of the other New England 
Stair-, and eastern New York. Some cooperative infestation surveys 
as well as regulatory work involving Canadian shipments were per- 
formed in .-eci ions adjacent to the regulated area-. 
Due to the buildup in gypsy moth infestation in many sections of 
New England, inspections revealed a considerable increase in the 
number of infested shipments of regulated articles. From January 1 
to June 30, L953, a total of •!!> shipments offered for Inspection and 
certification were found infested with the gypsy moth, compared to 
23 shipments during a similar period in V.KrJ. 
Amendments to the gypsy moth quarantine and regulations were 
made effective August i>. L952, to conform to a comprehensive survey 
and review of current conditions of infestation and hazard of spread. 
Twenty-one additional towns in Litchfield and New Haven Counties, 
Conn., were placed under regulation. 
More than 300 producers and operators were permitted to ship 
under provisional certification after production sites, processing, 
handling, and storage of products were maintained in a manner that 
would preclude carrying infestations to outlying areas. Seven hun- 
dred growing sites totalling more than 50,000 acres were scouted to 
determine presence or absence of infestation and to establish certifica- 
tion eligibility of products growing or produced at the sift 
The value of all products certified for movement from the regulated 
area during 1952 was estimated at $24% million. Approximately 
2,000 commercial companies and soo individuals requested regulatory 
services requiring a total of more than 17,000 service' calls by inspectors. 
Inspectors on highways during the peak of the 1952 shipping season 
checked approximately 1,600 vehicles. Of these, 946 were transport- 
ing properly certified regulated products, but 51 contained noneertitied 
products moving in violation of the quarantine. 
\VIIITE-FRI\GED BEETLE ACTIVITIES 
Cotton Sprays Also Provide Good White-Fringed Beetle Control 
Foliage -prays of approximately 10 pounds of toxaphene per acre 
for the control of cotton insects during one season has provided good 
control of white-fringed beetle larvae in the -oil for the following 
two year-. Effectiveness decreased during the third year. 
A pplical ion of 'J/J7 pound- of dieldrin per aciv a- foliage -pray- on 
noncuh ivated land during two adull sea-ons gave fair control of 
white-fringed beetle Larvae in the soil each year. Dieldrin was more 
effective as a foliage spray on uoncultivated land than several other 
DDT-Fertilizer "Mix Tested for \\ bite-Fringed Beetle Control 
A DDT fertilizer mixture prepared by a fertilizer manufacturer 
and sold in Alabama and Florida in L961 was found effective against 
