LIBRARY 
 STATE PLANT BOARD 
 
 U.^IT:ZD states DE"^ART:'!E!TT of AGRia^LT^E 
 Bureau of Entomology end Plant Quarantine 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 B.IT.P.Q.— 388 Ilarch 1, 1936. 
 
 ArMINISTRATI^/E D'STPTJCTIONS - APPROVAL OF ALT^RJIATIVE T^SATHENTS 
 FCR BALED LIFT C0TT0:t ynoy. 'TSAYir^ imESTED AREAS 
 
 Pursuant to authority vested in the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
 Quarantine, under Regulation 8 of the Revised Rules and Regulations 
 Su-nplemental to Notice of Quarantine No, 52 (revised), approved December 
 4, 1935, effective December 5, 1935, which provides that baled lint, pro- 
 duced in a heavily infested area Must be given both vacuum fumigation and 
 either compression or roller treatment, unless and until the said Bureau 
 shall approve some other treatment or treatments for the purpose; the 
 Bureau, after having determined that either of the two following addition- 
 al treatments affords adequate protection, hereby approves either of them 
 as further alternative treatments for baled cotton originating in heavily 
 infested areas and permits may be issued for the interstate movement of 
 baled cotton so treated (See footnote); 
 
 1. When, under the sr.r)ervision of an inspector the flat 
 bale shall be enclosed in a steam-tight chamber and subjected 
 to a steam pressure of not less than 15 pounds to the square 
 inch for not less than three minutes at a temperature of not 
 less than 150^ at a depth of three inches from the surface of 
 the bale at all points and when this treatment is followed by 
 standard or high-density compression, 
 
 2, "Jhen the lint of such bales has been passed betv/een 
 revolving rollers which, in the judgment of the inspector, 
 are of adequate weight and are set sufficiently close to 
 crush all cottonseed an'^ kill any pink bollworms present, 
 the bagging for such bales is kept uncontaminated, the 
 platform and premises near to the bale press are clean 
 and uncontaminated, and when the bales are moved directly 
 from the press to a location which, in the judgment of the 
 inspector, is adequately safeguarded against contamination. 
 
 Persons or firms wishing to avail themselves of these additional 
 treatments should address the local inspector of the Bureau of Entomology 
 and Plant Quarantine, or the Regional Headquarters, P, 0. Box 798, 
 San Antonio, Texas, 
 
 LEE A. STRONG, 
 Chi^f ,_ Bureau ^X .^2^X?n?A'^^y ^i^.^ Plant Quarantine, 
 
 Note: This circular should not be const riied to set aside or change any 
 of the requirements regardin'^ seed sterilization or prevention of con- 
 tamination or other prerequisites for the issu.ance of permits on cotton 
 products originating in regulated areas, except as sDecifically stated 
 herein. 
 
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