THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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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 advantage to the nurserymen 
if they attach a guarantee of fumigation to the shipment. A 
copy of regulations will be sent on application. Franklin Sher¬ 
man, Jr., Entomologist, State Department of Agriculture, Ra¬ 
leigh, 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 sales¬ 
men 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 accompan¬ 
ied by an official certificate of inspection or fumigation. Trans¬ 
portation 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 li¬ 
cense 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 inspection or 
fumigation. N. E. Shaw, Chief, Bureau Nursery and Orchard In¬ 
spection, 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 nurser stock in the state of Oklahoma: 
In accordance with Section 17, Senate Bill 342, Oklahoma Ses¬ 
sion Laws of 1914-15, this surety bond guarantees to the state of 
Oklahoma that the nursery represented will not dispose of nur¬ 
sery stock of an inferior grade, or nursery stock that is untrue to 
name, or nursery stock infested or infected with insects or dis¬ 
eases 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 regula¬ 
tions promulgated in compliance therewith, by the Oklahoma 
State Hoard of Agriculture. 
In the new regulations governing the nursery business in this 
state, which the State Agricultural Board will probably adopt at 
its next monthly meeting, there will be a provision whereby cer¬ 
tificates for the agents of the nurseries will be certified to the 
employer, such certificate to terminate whenever the agent dis¬ 
continues work for that employer, the certificate of the state to 
be held by the nurseryman during the agent’s employment. F. 
M. Gault, President, State Board of Agriculture, Oklahoma City, 
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 
H. M. Williamson, Secretary, State Board of Horticulture, Port¬ 
land, 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. Cer¬ 
tificates of fumigation are required to accompany shipments from 
other states, and the word “fumigated” printed or stenciled on or 
accompanying 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 fumigated 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. Dr. J. G. Sanders, Ecomonic Zoologist; Enos B. 
Engle, Chief Nursery Inspector, Harrisburg, Pa. 
RHODE ISLAND.—The Inspection Law provides that the 
State Board of Agriculture shall apoint a State Entomologist 
whose duties it shall be to inspect nurseriets and orchards and to 
grant an annual certificate for sale of nursery stock. All nursery 
stock shipped into the state must bear on each package a cer- 
tincate that the contents have been inspected by an authorized 
inspection officer. The State Entomologist is, furthermore, 
authorized to inspect any nursery stock which comes into the 
state, even when sent in under an official certificate, if he deems 
it advisable, and shall order its return to the consignor if any in¬ 
jurious insects or plant diseases are found therein. 
An affidavit of fumigation is no longer accepted in lieu of offic¬ 
ial inspection. 
Agents who have no nursery, and who wish to sell nursery 
stock within the state, must apply to the State Entomologist for 
an agent s license and must state where they propose to purchase 
their stock to be sold. A. E. Stene, State Entomologist, State 
House, Providence, R. I. 
SOUTH CAROLINA.—Stock coming from other states, prov¬ 
inces, or foreign countries and consigned to points within this 
state must have attached to every bundle or package an inter¬ 
state tag or permit issued by the South Carolina Crop Pest Com¬ 
mission. 1 his interstate tag or permit can be issued only after 
the certificate of inspection of the state, country, or province 
where shipment originated has been approved by the South Car¬ 
olina State Crop Pest Commission and filed in the office ot the en¬ 
tomologist or pathologist of the said commission. It is further 
required that the fumigation certificate of the South Carolina 
State Crop Pest Commission be properly filled out and filed in 
the office of the entomologist or pathologist of the commission 
before the interstate tag or permit can be issued, unless the offic¬ 
ial inspection certificate includes a statement that the nursery is 
properly equipped for fumigating. 
Stock coming from other states, provinces, or foreign countries 
and consigned to points within this state, must have attached to 
every bundle, or package, an interstate tag, or permit, issued by 
the South Carolina Crop Pest Commission. This interstate tag, 
or permit, can be issued only after the certificate of inspection 
of the state, country, or province, where shipment originated, has 
been approved by the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commis¬ 
sion and filed in the office of the entomologist or pathologist of 
the said commission. It is further required that the fumigation 
certificate of the South Carolina Crop Pest Commission is 
properly filled out and filed in the office of the Entomologist or 
Pathologist of the Commission, before the interstate tag or per¬ 
mit can be issued, unless the official inspection certificate in¬ 
cludes a statement that the nursery is properly equipped for fum¬ 
igating. Prof. A. F. Conradi, State Entomologist; Prof. H. W. 
Barre, State Pathologist, Clemson College, S. C. 
SOUTH DAKOTA.—All nursery stock shipped into the state 
must be accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued by the 
State Entomologist of the state from which it was shipped. Any 
person, firm, or corporation owning a nursery that sells stock 
to be delivered in this state must certify where the stock was 
grown and attach this statement to all shipments. Harry C. 
Severin, State Entomologist, Brookings, S. D. 
TENNESSEE.—Nurseries are inspeced annually, or oftener 
if necessary. Any person, firm, or corporation without the state, 
desiring to do business within the state, shall file with the State 
Entomologist and Plant Pathologist a copy of his certificate of 
inspection issued and signed by proper official of his state, as 
well as an agreement to fumigate properly all stock shipped into 
the state. Every shipment must be accompanied by a copy of 
said certificate of inspection and a fumigation tag. Every indi¬ 
vidual sale or bill of trees shall bear a copy of certificate. Fail¬ 
ure to comply with the requirements subjects stock to confis¬ 
cation. 
Following is the form of required agreement to fumigate: 
We, the undersigned, agree to fumigate with hydrocyanic acid 
gas, according to the required strength, all nursery stock subject 
to attack from San Jose scale and other dangerous insect pests. 
We also agree to attach a fumigation tag to each and every ship¬ 
ment going into the state of Tennessee. 
Prof. G. M. Bentley, State Entomologist and Plant Pathologist 
Knoxville, Tenn. 
TEXAS.—Nurseries and greenhouses are inspected annually. 
All shipments of nursery stock originating outside the state must 
not only bear shipping tags showing copy of certificate of inspec¬ 
tion from the State Inspector of the state in which the shipment 
originates, but in addition thereto must have a tag showing copy 
of permit from Texas. Freight and express companies in this 
state are prohibited from receiving or delivering shipments which 
do not bear tags showing copy of Texas permit and they are 
exempt, by law', from damages arising from refusal to deliver 
such shipments. 
No nursery stock shall be shipped into the state by any person 
or company without first filing w'ith the State Department of Ag¬ 
riculture a certified copy of certificate of inspection from State 
