88 PLANT QUARANTINE AND CONTROL ADMINISTRATION [April-June, 
by the act of Congress approved March 4, 1917 (39 Stat. 1134, 1165), has by 
Notice of Quarantine No. 68, on account of the Mediterranean fruit fly, effec- 
tive May 1, 1929, ordered that (1) fruits, vegetables, and garden and orchard 
products of all kinds, (2) sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure, (3) 
railway cars, boats, and other vehicles and containers which have been used 
in conveying fruits or vegetables, (4) fruit-packing equipment and all other 
articles, including nursery stock, which have been associated with the produc- 
tion of or commerce in fruits or vegetables or have been or are contaminated 
with sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, or manure, shall not be shipped, offered 
for sh praent to a common carrier, received for transportation or transported 
by a common carrier, or carried, transported, moved, or allowed to be moved from 
the State of Florida in manner or method or under conditions other than those 
prescribed in the rules and regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine 
No. 68, and amendments which may hereafter be made thereto. 
Very respectfully, 
Arthur M. Hyde, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
Received this notice and copy of quarantine No. 68 mentioned therein this 
day of , 1929. 
(Signature) 
"(Title)"" 
[Sent to all common carriers within and throughout the United States.] 
Notice to General Public Through Newspapers 
Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture, under authority 
conferred on him by the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), 
as amended, has promulgated Notice of Quarantine No. 68, With rules and regu- 
lations supplemental thereto, on account of the Mediterranean fruit fly, effec- 
tive May 1, 1929. The effect of this quarantine is to prohibit the interstate 
movement of (1) fruits, vegetables, and garden and orchard products of all 
kinds; (2) sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure; (3) railway cars, 
boats, and other vehicles and containers which have been used in conveying 
fruits or vegetables; (4) fruit packing equipment and all other articles, includ- 
ing nursery stock, which have been associated with the production of or com- 
merce in fruits or vegetables or have been or are contaminated with sand, soil, 
earth, peat, compost or manure; from the regulated areas in the State of 
Florida to any point outside thereof, in manner or method or under conditions 
other than those prescribed in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto. 
Copies of said quarantine may be obtained from the Plant Quarantine and 
Control Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C. 
Arthur M. Hyde, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
[Published in the Sentinel, Orlando, Fla., April 30, 1929.] 
Instructions to Postmasters 
Post Office Department, 
Washington, April SO, 1929. 
Postmaster. 
My Dear Sir : There is inclosed for your information and guidance a copy of 
Quarantine Order No. 68 of the United States Department of Agriculture, on 
account of the Mediterranean fruit fly, an extremely destructive pest of fruits 
and vegetables, effective May 1, 1929, quarantining the whole State of Florida. 
It will be noted that the order absolutely prohibits the interstate movement 
by mail of citrus fruits, noncitrus fruits or " host vegetables," described in the 
regulations issued in connection with the order. Therefore, under the pro- 
visions of paragraph 1, section 467, Postal Laws and Regulations, parcels con- 
tinuing any of the fruits or vegetables mentioned may not be accepted for 
mailing to points outside the State of Florida. 
Sincerely yours, 
R. S. Regar, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
