BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE 
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INFORMATIONAL ACTIVITIES 
Four reels of motion pictures depicting Japanese beetle quarantine and control 
work were released early in November. Two reels are entitled, "Methods of 
Control." The other two reels portray life history, damage, and spread. These 
have been shown before a number of audiences this year. 
Sectioned Japanese beetle traps were displayed at the Pennsylvania farm show 
in Harrisburg from January 15 to 19 and at the New Jersey agricultural fair held 
at Trenton, N. J., from January 23 to 27. 
Twenty-six photographs showing various phases of quarantine activities, together 
with suggested titles for the pictures, were furnished to the university extension 
division of the University of Wisconsin. These photographs were made into 
lantern slides for use in a set of educational pictures for distribution to the schools 
and colleges in the State. In addition, a set of selected photographs illustrating 
typical plant-quarantine situations was furnished to a publisher of school text- 
books in Newark, N. J., for use in illustrating a general science textbook. Litera- 
ture concerning the insect has been furnished to numerous schools and museums 
for the use of students interested in insect study. 
CERTIFICATES ISSUED, VIOLATIONS INVESTIGATED, AND PROSECUTIONS INSTITUTED 
Certificates of all types issued during the 12-month period total 526.504. 
Listed in table 5 are the quarantined articles fumigated or sterilized during the 
fiscal year. These articles were intended for shipment from the regulated terri- 
tory or for use in certified greenhouses or as surface soil in nursery plots, heeling-in, 
or plunging areas. 
Table 5. — Materials fumigated or sterilized under Japanese beetle quarantine 
regulations, fiscal year 1934 
Treated 
with — 
Material treated 
Arsenate 
of lead 
Carbon 
disulphide 
gos or 
emulsion 
Naphtha- 
lene 
Steam 
Plants 
number. . 
...cubic yards.. 
. do .. 
33, 850 
15 
Potting soil 
Mushroom soil 
2, 1S9 
ir_- 
3 
2 
1,681 
8,500 
17 
949 
Manure 
do— 
. do . 
19 
Leaf mold 
Sand 
do . 
17 
Surface soil 
square feet.. 
do.... 
94. 656 
1?8,433 
17.WS 
Surface soil with plants. 
Berries 
2,388 
Nursery and ornamental stock, sand, soil, earth, peat, compost) and manure 
were certified for shipment from infested premises within the regulated /.ones 
during the fiscal year in the following quantities: 
Plants number.- 19, GIG, 209 
Sand, earth, and clay carloads. _ 0, 054 
Peat do 57 
Manure and compost do 1G3 
A total of 171,348 shipments not individually recorded as to contents proceeded 
under certification from nursery premises determined as uninfected. In addition, 
53,683,940 plants were certified I'm- movement between classified dealers within 
the regulated territory. 
Fruits, vegetables, moss, and cut flowers certified during the seasonal quarantine 
on these articles were as follows: 
Fruits and vegetables packages 3,030,788 
Sphagnum moss ball 2, 616 
Cut flowers pa< 18,031 
Violations reported from all sources during the fiscal year numbered 1,101. 
Apparent violations on the part of private individuals were investigated l>\ letter. 
Where necessary, all shippers of uncertified material were furnished with (jiiaran- 
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