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Table 10. — Certification and treatment of nursery stock under Japanese-beetle, 
quarantine, January 1 to June 30, 1929 
Month 
Plants 
certified 
without 
chemical 
or thermal 
treatment » 
Plants certified after chemical 
or thermal treatment^with— 1 
Total 
plants 
certified 
CSj 
Worm- 
seed oil 
Hot 
water 
5, 642, 882 
6, 244, 190 
8, 369, 679 
8, 400, 560 
6, 816, 551 
7, 275, 286 


1,501 
1,048 
1,512 
4 








7,328 
6,172 
2, 080. 

5, 642, 882 
6, 244, 190 
8, 378, 508 
A pril 
8, 407, 780 
May - 
6,820,143 
7, 275, 290 
Total 
42, 749, 148 
4,065 

15,580 
42, 768, 793 
4 
i Included in this column are large numbers of plants which were certified after the roots had been washed 
entirely free, from soil and thoroughly examined by an inspector. 
QUARANTINE VIOLATIONS 
A total of 387 shipments in apparent violation of the Federal or State 
Japanese-beetle-quarantine regulations was intercepted during the first six 
months of 1929. In the majority of cases, the return of the uncertified ma- 
terial to the shipper was effected. A few of the shipments were permitted 
to proceed, and in a number of instances the contraband material was de- 
stroyed. In every case where practicable an investigation was made by an 
inspector, which included an interview with the shipper and the agent of the 
common carrier, and when the circumstances seemed to make it desirable the 
shippers were prosecuted. 
Letters were addressed by the administration to a number of violators 
warning them of the possible consequences of further violations, and several 
prosecutions were instituted. 
PREVENTION OF SPREAD OF PINK BOLLWORM 
The quarter beginning April 1 is the least active period of the year in pink- 
bollworm-control operations. Temporary employees are laid off during that 
time and the permanent employees are detailed to bolly inspection, gin and 
oil mill clean-up work, and the maintenance' of road stations. 
The examination of hollies is carried out at San Antonio from material 
collected at various points in the State of Texas. Between the time the fleld- 
scouting season closed and the completion of the work during the latter part 
of June, 1,557 bushels of hollies were examined, including material from prac- 
tically every cotton-growing county in Texas outside the regulated areas. No 
indication of pink-bollworm infestation was found. 
The gins and oil mills were closed and the clean-up of the premises prac- 
tically completed by June 1. in addition to the ginning and fumigation 
figures for the crop year, given in the table in the last issue of the Service 
and Regulatory Announcements, 1(11 bales of lint were ginned during the 
8-month period beginning April 1. and 8,742 bales of lint and 4,410 bales of 
linters were fumigated in Texas: 2..'{74 bales of lint were ginned and 2,210 
kil<-> of lint and 410 bales of linters were fumigated in New Mexico, and 
i2o bales of lint and 276 bales of Linters were fumigated in Arizona, under 
the supervision of the Inspectors of the administration. The total lor the 
BeasoD amounted to 267,834 bales of lint ginned in the regulated area in three 
quarantined states and L1.743 bales ginned in that part of Mexico adjacent 
to the border: 266,622 bales of lint and 1S,;5G(> bales of linters were fumigated 
under Federal supervision Including thai which was Imported from the ad- 
joining areas in Mexico. 
PARLATORIA DATE-SCALE ERADICATION 
The reconnaissance surveys outside known Kale-infested areas, undertaken 
as a part of the vigorous Parlatoria-eradication operations now in progress, have 
largely been completed, and nearly all the available funds and personnel are 
