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No. 75, REVISED EDITION. Issued July 24, 1908.

United States Department of Agriculture,

BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY,
L. O. HOWARD, Entomologist and Chief of Bureau.

REQUIREMENTS TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY NURSERYMEN OR OTHERS
WHO MAKE INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS OF NURSERY STOCK.

By A. F. Buragss,
Expert in Breeding Experiments.

For the information of nurserymen or other persons who desire to
ship nursery stock to points outside the States in which their nurseries
are located a brief statement of the requirements is given herewith.
Changes are continually being made on account of the enactment of
new laws or the amendment of old ones, and modifications of the
regulations of different States are made from time to time by the
authorities in charge of the enforcement of the laws. On this account
Circular No. 75 has been revised and the requirements given are in
force on the date of its publication. For the convenience of nursery-
men who may wish to write to the officials in charge of inspection
work the names and addresses of the latter are given.

Alabama.—Persons shipping stock into the State must file a signed
duplicate certificate of inspection and obtain official tags, which must
be placed on each shipment, in addition to a copy of the certificate.
Cost of tags, 60 cents per hundred, or $2.25 per thousand. Five
cents per hundred must be added for postage. Mr. R. S. Mackin-
tosh, State Horticulturist, Auburn, Ala. (Act of 1903.)

Arizona.—The University of Arizona Agricultural Experiment
Station is authorized to inspect all palms or palm stock growing in
or shipped into the Territory. Prof. R. H. Forbes, Director, Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, Tucson, Ariz. (Act of 1907.)

Arkansas.—Shipments must bear a certificate of inspection. Mr.
C. F. Adams, State Inspector, Fayetteville, Ark. (Act of 1903.)

California.—Shipments of stock sent into the State are subject to
inspection and must bear the name of the consignor and consignee
and a statement of where the stock was grown. Notice of shipments
should be made:to Hon. J. W. Jeffrey, Commissioner of Horticulture,
Sacramento, Cal.

Colorado.—Shipments into the State must be inspected by. county
inspectors. (Amended act of 1897.)

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Connecticut.—Shipments of stock into the State must bear certifi-
cates of inspection, issued by a State or Government officer, and a
statement by the owner that they have been thoroughly fumigated.
Dr. W. E. Britton, State Entomologist, New Haven,Conn. (Amended
act of 1903.)

Delaware.—Shipments into the State must be accompanied by a
certificate of inspection of a State or Government official and the
owner or shipper must certify that the stock has been fumigated.
Delaware nurserymen are required to fumigate their stock. Mr.
Wesley Webb, Dover, Del. (Amended act of 1901.)

Florida.—lt is unlawful for any nonresident person or persons,
corporation or firm, to sell or offer for sale nursery stock in the State
of Florida without first having paid a license tax of $25 annually to
the collector of revenues of the county in which the stock is sold or
offered for sale. Upon payment of this amount a license will be
issued by the county judge. (Act of 1905.) It is unlawful for any
person to knowingly sell or give away diseased nursery stock or seeds
in the State of Florida. Dr. E. W. Berger, Entomologist, Florida
Agricultural Experiment Station, Gainesville, Fla. (Act of 1906.)

Georgia.—Shipments into the State must be accompanied with cer-
tificates of inspection and copies of the official tags of the State Board
of Entomology. These may be obtained by submitting a duplicate
of the official certificate of inspection.and a statement that all stock
shipped into the State will be properly fumigated. Tags are fur-
nished at cost. Mr. E. L. Worsham, State Entomologist, Atlanta,
Ga. (Act of 1900.)

Hawaii.—Shipments are subject to the regulations of the Board of
Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry and are subject to inspec-
tion and quarantine on arrival at Honolulu, which is the only port
where they are allowed to be landed. For application blanks fer
inspection and special information, address Hon. C. S. Holloway,
Secretary, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Idaho.—Persons desiring to sell or ship stock into this State must
file a bond in the sum of $1,000 with the State Board of Horticulture,
conditioned on the faithful comphance with the requirements of the
law, and secure a permit to do business in the State. Shipments
must bear official certificates of fumigation, and the name of the

‘grower and consignee must appear on the package. Mr. J. R. Field,
State Horticultural Inspector, Boise, Idaho.

Illinois.—Shipments into the State must be accompanied with cer-
tificates of inspection. The State Entomologist is required by law to
furnish annually to Illinois nurserymen a list of State and Govern-
ment inspectors whose certificates may be received as equally valid
with his own, and the nurserymen receiving stock under such certifi-

cates aré authorized to substitute the Illinois certificate of inspeec-
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tion. Agents and dealers must file sworn statements with copies of
certificates showing the source from which their stock is obtained,
for the approval of the State Entomologist. Dr. S. A. Forbes, State
Entomologist, Urbana, Ill. (Act of 1907.)

Indiana.—Stock shipped into the State must be accompanied with
certificates of inspection and each shipment must bear the name of
the consignor and consignee. It is unlawful for any transportation
company to accept for shipment or to deliver any uncertified nur-
sery stock. Mr. Benjamin W. Douglass, State Entomologist, Indi-
anapolis, Ind. (Act of 1907.)

Iowa.—Shipments into the State must be accompanied by official
certificates of inspection, copies of which should be previously filed
for approval with the State Entomologist. Prof. H. EK. Summers,
State Entomologist, Ames, lowa. (Amended act of 1906.)

Kansas.—Stock shipped into the State must be accompanied by
certificates of inspection. Prof. S. J. Hunter, Lawrence, Kans., and
Prof. T. J. Headlee, Manhattan, Kans., State Entomologists. (Act
of 1907.)

Kentucky.—Shipments into the State must be accompanied with
official certificates of inspection, copies of which should be filed with
the State Entomologist. Prof. H. Garman, State Entomologist,
Lexington, Ky. (Act of 1897.)

Louisiana.—Shipments sent into the State must be accompanied
with official certificates of inspection. When a shipment containing
two or more orders is sent to an agent or dealer for delivery to differ-
ent persons, a certificate must accompany each individual order.
Mr. Wilmon Newell, Entomologist, State Crop Pest Commission,
Baton Rouge, La. (Act of 1903, Regulations of State Crop Pest
Commission, approved April 11, 1907.)

Maine.—Shipments into the State must bear official certificates of
inspection or affidavits that the contents have been fumigated in a
manner approved by the State inspector of the shipping point. Hon.
A. W. Gilman, Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, Me. (Act of
1907.)

Maryland.—Stock sent into the State must bear the name of the
consignor and consignee and a certificate of inspection. Duplicate
certificates should be filed with the State Entomologist. Prof. T. B.
Symons, State Entomologist; Prof. J. B.S. Norton, State Pathologist,
College Park, Md. (Act of 1898.)

Masvachusers: —Stock sent into the State must bear a certificate of
inspection or an affidavit of fumigation. Dr. H. T. Fernald, State
Nursery Inspector, Amherst, Mass. (Amended act of 1907.)

Michigan.—Nurserymen selling stock in this State must pay a
license fee of $5 and furnish a bond of $1,000, with satisfactory sure-

ties. Shipments must be accompanied with certificates of inspection
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and, if of species subject to the attack of the San Jose scale, certifi-
cates by the nurserymen that the stock has.been properly fumigated.
Prof. L. R. Taft, State Inspector of Orchards and Nurseries, Agricul-
tural College, Mich. (Amended act of 1905.)

Minnesata.—Stock shipped into the State must bear a certificate of
inspection. Prof. F. L. Washburn, State Entomologist, St. Anthony
Park, Minn. (Act of 1903.)

Mississippi.—Before shipping stock into the State a copy of an
official certificate of Inspection must be filed with the Entomologist of
the Experiment Station, which must state that in addition to the regu-
lar inspection the stock has been fumigated under the direction of the
official issuing the certificate. Failure to comply with this require-
ment renders the stock liable to confiscation and destruction. All
shipments must be accompanied with such a certificate. Prof. Glenn
W. Herrick, Experiment Station, Agricultural College, Miss. (Act of
1908.)

Missourr.—Stock shipped into the State must bear the name of the
consignor and the consignee and a statement of the contents and an
official certificate of inspection. Prof. J. M. Stedman, State Ento-
mologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, Columbia, Mo.

Montana.—All stock brought into the State must be unpacked,
inspected, and if necessary fumigated at one of the designated quar-
antine stations, viz: Miles City, Billmgs, Dillon, Missoula, Kalispell,
Great Falls, Troy, Plains, Glasgow, or Thompson Falls. Nursery
stock may be inspected, and if necessary fumigated, at other points of
delivery on payment of all cost. To sell or deliver nursery stock it is
necessary first to obtain a license by paying a fee of $25 and by filing
with the Secretary of the State Board of Horticulture a bond in the
sum of $1,000 annually. Notice of shipment, including an invoice of
stock, must be sent to Mr. Joseph W. Wallisch, Secretary, Montana
State Board of Horticulture, Hirbour Block, Butte, Mont. (Act of
1899.)

Nebraska.—No nursery-inspection law. Local nurseries inspected
and certificates issued by Prof. Lawrence Bruner, Acting State Ento-
mologist, Lincoln, Nebr.

Nevada.—No law.

New Hampshire.—Stock shipped into the State must bear a certifi-
cate of inspection or a statement containing an affidavit that it has
been properly fumigated. Prof. E. D. Sanderson, State Nursery
Inspector, Durham, N. H. (Act of 1903.)

New Jersey.—Stock shipped into the State must be accompanied
with a certificate of inspection and a statement from the shipper that
it is a part of the stock inspected and whether it has been fumigated
with hydrocyanic-acid gas. Dr. John B. Smith, State Entomologist,

New Brunswick, N. J. (Act of 1903.)
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New Mexico.—No law relating to nursery inspection.

New York.—Nursery stock shipped into the State must be accom-
panied with an official certificate of inspection and must be fumigated
before being sold or planted. Hon. Charles A. Wieting, Commissioner
of Agriculture, Albany, N. Y. (Act of 1903.)

North Carolina.—Shipments sent into this State must bear official
certificates of inspection and should be fumigated and a statement to
that effect signed and attached by the consignor. Duplicate certifi-
cates must — filed with the State Entomologist. Franklin Sherman,
jr., State Entomologist, Raleigh, N.C. (Act of 1897.)

North Dakota.—No law.

Ohio.—Shipments must be accompanied with official certificates of
inspection or fumigation. Agents and dealers must file sworn state-
ments as to sources from which their stock is obtained. Mr. N. E.
Shaw, Chief Inspector, Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio.

Oklahoma.—The owners or operators of nurseries who desire to ship
stock into the State of Oklahoma are required to make an application
fora permit. This will be issued by the Board of Agriculture upon the
filmg of a duplicate certificate of inspection or the report of inspection
from the State inspector who examined the stock, and in addition the
application must be accompanied by a remittance of $5. If satisfac-
tory, the Board will issue a permit over the signature of its Secretary,
and in addition to the above may require further evidence of integrity
to establish the responsibility and good faith of the applicant. All
shipments must be accompanied by a tag on which is printed a copy of
this permit over the facsimile signature of the Secretary of the Board.
All agents canvassing for nurseries located outside the State are re-
quired to carry a duplicate of the permit of their principals, which
duplicate is issued upon payment of $1. Quotations on tags will be
forwarded upon application to the Secretary. Address all communi-
cations to Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture, C. F. Barrett, Secre-
tary, Guthrie, Okla. (Act of 1905.)

Ore gon.—Stock is subject to inspection on arrival at quarantine sta-
tions. Mr. H. W. Williamson, Secretary, State Board of Horticulture,
Portland, Oreg. (Amended act of 1905.)

Pennsylvania.—Shipments of nursery stock into the State must be
plainly labeled on the outside with the name of the consignor and con-
signee, and a certificate showing that the contents have been inspected
and that the stock (excepting conifers and herbaceous plants) therein
-contained have been properly fumigated. Dealers in nursery stock
are furnished certificates under certain restrictions. Transportation
companies are required to reject all stock entering the State unless cer-
tificates of inspection and fumigation are attached. Prof. H. A. Sur-
face, Economic Zoologist; Mr. E. B. Engle, Inspector, Harrisburg, Pa.

(Act of 1905.)
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Porto Rico.—Nursery stock will be received only through three. ports
of entry, namely, San Juan, Ponce, and Mayaguez, and must be accom-
panied with an official certificate of inspection. It is subject to inspec-
tion by local inspectors on arrival at said ports of entry. Inspectors
are appointed by the Governor. (Act of 1905.)

Rhode Island.—Shipments must be accompanied with certificates
of inspection or affidavits of fumigation. Mr. A. E. Stene, State
Nursery Inspector, Kingston, R. I. (Act of 1904.)

South Carolina.—A duplicate certificate of inspection must be filed
with the State Entomologist and an official tag of the State Board of
Entomology secured by nurserymen desiring to ship stock into the
State. This tag and an official certificate of fumigation must be
attached to all shipments. Prof. C. E. Chambliss, State Entomolo-
gist, Columbia, S.C. (Act of 1903.)

South Dakota.—Shipments into the State must be accompanied
with official certificates of mspection. A license fee of $10 must be
paid to secure a permit to ship stock into the State. Mr. Robert
Mathieson, State Entomologist, Brookings, S. Dak. (Act of 1907.)

Tennessee.—A certificate of inspection signed in person by the
inspector or the State Entomologist must be filed in the office of the
Tennessee State Board of Entomology, Knoxville, Tenn., previous
to all shipments. All nursery stock must be fumigated and a tag
indicating the same placed upon each shipment. Prof. H. A. Mor-
gan, State Entomologist, Knoxville, Tenn. (Act of 1905.)

Texas.—Duplicate certificates of inspection must be filed, and all
shipments must bear certificates of inspection. Hon. R. T. Milner,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Austin, Tex. (Act of 1905.)

Utah.—All stock shipped into the State must bear an official certif-
icate stating that it has been fumigated with hydrocyanic-acid gas.
Nurserymen doing business in the State must pay a license fee and
file a bond with the State Board of Horticulture in the sum of $500.
License fees are graded as follows: Any annual business below $1,000,
$5 per year; over $1,000 and under $3,000, $10 per year; over $3,000
and under $10,000, $25 per year; over $10,000, $50 per year. Mr.
J. Edward Taylor, Secretary, State Board of Horticulture, Salt Lake
City, Utah.

Vermont.—No law. :

Virginia.—Duplicate certificates of inspection must be filed by
nurserymen shipping stock into the State and official tags obtained
from the Board of Crop Pest Commissioners; also a registration fee
of $20 must be paid. Tags furnished at cost. Mr. J. L. Phillips,
State Entomologist, Blacksburg, Va. (Amended act of 1903.)

Washington.—Before soliciting or engaging in selling nursery stock
in this State a bond of $1,000 and a license fee of $5 must be paid by

nurserymen and a license fee of $2.50 by agents and dealers. Notice
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must be sent previous to the shipment of stock, giving the names of
the nurserymen and the places at which it is to be delivered. Hon.
F. A. Huntley, Commissioner of Horticulture, Tacoma, Wash. (Act
of 1907.)

West Virginia.—All stock shipments into the State must be accom-
panied by an official certificate of inspection and fumigation. Notice
of shipments must be sent, ten days before the time of delivery, to
the Director of the West Virginia Experiment Station, stating the
number of trees in each consignment, the place from which such are
to be shipped, and their destination. Agents and dealers who sell
stock must secure a license from the assessor in the county where the
stock is sold and pay a fee of $10 to the sheriff of the county. Prof.
J. H. Stewart, Director of Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgan-
town, W. Va. (Amended acts of 1905 and 1907.)

Wisconsin.—Stock shipped into the State must be accompanied
with an official certificate of inspection. Prof. E. P. Sandsten, Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, Madison, Wis. (Act of 1907.)

Wyoming.—Any person or firm wishing to do business in the State
must first obtain a license. Licenses are issued on application, for a ~
period terminating on July 1 of the next succeeding inspection year
(approximately two years). All applications must be accompanied
by the license fee ($25), a bond in the sum of $500 conditioned that
the principal will faithfully obey the law of the State of Wyoming, and
‘by a certified certificate of inspection from an authorized inspector
in the State from which shipments are to be made. On receipt
of these, the Secretary of the State Board issues authorized shipping
tags (at cost). Nursery stock may not enter the State and transpor-
tation companies may not deliver unless such tags be attached to each
and every box, bundle, or bale. For circular of detailed informa-
tion address Prof. Aven Nelson, Secretary State Board of Horticul-
ture, Laramie, Wyo. (Act of 1905.)

Canada.—Shipments of stock into Canada are unpacked and fumi-
gated by government inspectors and must arrive within the time
specified at the following ports of entry: St. Johns, Quebec; Niagara
Falls, Ontario, and Windsor, Ontario, from March 15 to May 15 and
from September 26 to December 7; St. John, New Brunswick, and
Winnipeg, Manitoba, from March 15 to May 15 and from October 7
to December 7; Vancouver, British Columbia, from October 1 to May
1. Dr. James Fletcher, Dominion Entomologist, Ottawa, Ontario/

Approved: Z
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
Wasuinoton, D.C., June 9, 1908.
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