February, ’24] 
worthley: corn borer quarantine 
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Incidents of both serious and amusing character have occurred in 
connection with this road patrol work. Many people supposed the 
inspectors were prohibition agents searching for liquor and they would 
either turn back or throw away their evidence of guilt. Another class 
would drive past the inspectors, refusing to stop. In such cases notation 
was made of their auto registration and their names forwarded to the 
States for prosecution. One of the difficulties encountered in conducting 
this work was inadequate State authority to stop, search and seize 
quarantined products. We were unable to secure any cooperation of this 
nature from the State of Massachusetts, while on the contrary, Maine 
and New Hampshire readily deputized our men, giving power to stop, 
search and seize. 
Road watch work is now conducted only in Ohio and excellent co¬ 
operation is enjoyed with the State of Ohio in this work. During the 
past two seasons our inspectors stopped and searched all vehicles on 
twenty-six roads running south and west from the infested area. On 
eighteen roads, inspectors were stationed continuously, day and night, 
and as a result a large quantity of corn was seized from automobiles. 
It was not possible to compile complete data on the infested ears included 
as we were obliged to retain the corn for a certain length of time in case 
the owner requested its return. However, I believe some sixty larvae 
were found in corn taken from automobiles, although many of the ears 
were not inspected. Some violations of regulations were discovered in 
Ohio thru this road work. In one instance, an automobile containing a 
man and woman were signalled but the driver refused to stop. They 
were pursued by oui inspector and compelled to stop, when both man 
and woman proceeded to “beat up” the inspector. He afterwards 
secured a warrant for the arrest of the man, who was haled into court 
and fined $165.00, which he paid. In another instance in Ohio, a man 
was fined $1000. for violating the quarantine. This fine was remitted, 
but with provision that if found guilty of repeating the violation within 
the next five years, he shall pay the fine. An amusing sight was to 
observe some thrifty tourists, when warned of the quarantine, stop, 
cook their corn at the roadisde, eat it, then proceed on their way, which 
method of sterilization was, of course, entirely satisfactory. 
Another important phase of the quarantine is seed com on the cob, 
requiring constant watchfulness. Many large growers desire to purchase 
seed corn on the cob, but when they find this is not possible under 
quarantine regulations, they buy it elsewhere or allow it to be shelled. 
The Postoffice officials have rendered excellent cooperation as many 
