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therefore became most desirable to reduce the heavy expenses of in¬ 
spection and certification. As a result it was decided to abandon all field 
inspection work except where shipments were made direct, and to confine 
to the Boston market district the inspection and certification operations 
on products actually shipped outside the area. A Quarantine Station 
was established in the Boston market, which provided for inspection 
either on the Station premises or at the dealer’s place of business. This 
method proved very satisfactory and was the means of effecting a large 
saving in the operation of the quarantine. 
Quarantine 43 at present includes all of the vegetables and flowers 
named in the original act, in New England, but in New York, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, Ohio and Michigan areas, it extends only to corn products, as 
these afford practically the only means of artificial distribution. 
No corn grown within the quarantined areas is certified for shipment 
from any infested section. 
In all cases, the common carriers are notified regarding the quarantine 
and receive “Warning” posters, listing the towns included. The execu¬ 
tive officials of these companies issue very explicit orders to employees 
that the Government regulations relative to the movement of quaran¬ 
tined products must be strictly adhered to. 
The depots of these companies are visited by our inspectors at different 
intervals and shipments checked. However, but few violations have been 
discovered which were due to their negligence. 
Another possible means of causing spreads occurs thru transportation 
by automobiles and auto trucks. Although “Warning” posters are 
distributed throughout the entire area, many people transporting 
quarantined products by auto truck apparently think these regulations 
do not affect them and that the Department has no method of checking 
their movements. Frequent visits are made by inspectors to cities and 
towns outside the quarantined areas to ascertain whether quarantined 
products are being shipped from the quarantined areas without certi¬ 
fication. Some violations have been discovered in these instances. 
Automobilists continually attempt to carry quarantined products outside 
the areas without certification. This particularly applies to people 
going to week-end resorts, carrying their provisions with them. In the 
early days of the quarantine, a road watch was established in New 
England at the State lines of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and 
Maine. This inspection was conducted during one season by the Federal 
forces, and subsequently operated by the authorities of the various 
States. 
