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seller from liability or limiting his liability was agreed to by the 
purchaser.” The seller must also accompany the shipment of 
such trees with an itemized list of the same, which lists* shall 
also give the name of the county and state where the trees cov¬ 
ered by it were grown, the age of the trees, and the name and 
address of the person for whom the trees were grown, if re¬ 
quested by letter or in writing on the contract by the purchaser 
at the time of purchase. Within five days after the receipt by 
the purchaser of the trees and the list thereof the purchaser 
shall compare and notify the seller of any discrepancy between 
the list and the labels on such trees. Charles S. Wilson, Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture, Albany, N. Y. 
*So in the original. 
NORTH CAROLINA.—Every shipment of nursery stock into 
this state must be accompanied by a valid copy of a certificate of 
inspection. Every person, firm or corporation desiring to ship 
nursery stock into this state must file a copy of their certificate 
with the entomologist. It will be of advanage to the nursery¬ 
men if they attach a guarantee of fumigation to the shipment. 
A copy of regulations will be sent on application. Franklin 
Sherman, Jr., Entomologist, State Department of Agriculture, 
Raleigh, N. C. 
NORTH DAKOTA.—The director of the Experiment Station is 
authorized to cause inspection and prescribe treatment of dis¬ 
eased nursery stock. Shipments into the state must bear a cer¬ 
tificate of inspection. Every person who employs agents or 
salesmen or who solicits for the sale of nursery stock must obtain 
a license upon the payment of $10 and upon filing a certificate of 
inspection and a $500 bond. Said license will permit holder to 
do business in the state for one year. Director North Dakota 
Experiment Station, Agricultural College, N. D. 
OHIO.—Shipments of nursery stock entering the state must 
bear the name of the consignor and consignee and be accom¬ 
panied by an official certificate of inspection or fumigation. 
Transportation companies are required *to notify the State Board 
of Agriculture of all shipments of nursery stock entering the 
state. Agents are required to pay a license fee of $1 and dealers 
a license fee of $5, also to file sworn statements that the stock 
which they sell or deliver has been officially inspected and was 
received by them accompanied with a valid certificate of inspec¬ 
tion or fumigation. N. E. Shaw, Chief, Bureau Nursery and Oi- 
chard Inspection, Columbus, Ohio. 
OKLAHOMA.—The following is a copy of surety bond to be 
used by nurserymen outside the state of Oklahoma who desire to 
dispose of nursery stock in the state of Oklahoma: 
In accordance with Section 17, Senate Bill 342, Oklahoma 
Session Laws of 1914-15, this surety bond guarantees to the 
state of Oklahoma that the nursery represented will not dis¬ 
pose of nursery stock of an inferior grade, or nursery stock 
that is untrue to name, or nursery stock infested or infected 
with insects or diseases that are considered to be injurious 
by the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture. Furthermore, 
the nursery represented in this bond guarantees by this bond 
to strictly comply with the law established by the state of 
Oklahoma and the rules and regulations promulgated in com¬ 
pliance therewith, by the Oklahoma State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture. 
Approved July 1, 1915. 
F. M. GAULT, President, State Board of Agriculture, 
Stillwater, Okla. 
OREGON.—-The State Board of Horticulture has charge of in¬ 
spection within the state. All nursery stock brought into the 
state must be inspected at station of delivery before delivery to 
consignee. If found infected or infested, nursery stock must be 
returned to consignor or destroyed. Peach pits, peach trees and 
scions and other trees on peach roots grown in or coming from 
districts where peach yellows, little peach or peach rosette are 
known to exist, are prohibited entry. Every carload and case 
containing nursery stock, trees, plants, etc., must have plainly 
marked thereon in a conspicuous manner and place the name and 
address of consignor; name and address of consignee; name of 
country, state or territory where contents were grown and must 
show that it contains nursery stock, seedlings or seeds. Address 
State Board of Horticulture, Portland, Oregon. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Nurseries must be inspected at least once 
a year, and no nurseryman, agent, dealer or broker can legally 
sell or ship stock without a certificate of inspection. Certificates 
of fumigation are required to accompany shipments from other 
states, and the word “fumigated” printed or stenciled on or ac¬ 
companying the certificate of inspection will not be accepted 
unless it is apparent that such word is a part of the certificate 
granted by a state inspection officer. 
Nurserymen from other states are required to file affidavits 
that all nursery stock of kinds subject to infestation by San Jose 
scale will be properly fugimated before shipment into the state. 
Blanks furnished upon application. Dealers in nursery stock 
are granted certificates upon application and the filing of a state¬ 
ment that they will buy nursery stock only from nurserymen or 
growers holding valid certificates of inspection. 
Transportation companies are required to reject all stock en¬ 
tering the state, unless certificates of inspection and fumigation 
are attached. Prof. H. A. Surface, Economic Zoologist; Enos B. 
Engle, Chief Nursery Inspector, Harrisburg, Pa. 
RHODE ISLAND.—The Inspection Law provides that the State 
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