UNITED STATES DEpAETIvISNT OF AGRICUT.TUES 
 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT qUAIL\NTINS 
 WASHINGTON, D. C. 
 
 B. E. P. Q.— U59. July 27, 1937 
 
 ADM IN I STRAT I VS INSTRUC T IONS 
 APPROVAL OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS FOR COTTONSEED 
 AS A GONDITiai FOR I INTERSTATE MOVEMEl^TT FROM ARFA.S 
 LIGHTLY IITFESTED WITH THE PINK BOLLWORM 
 
 (Issued under Re^alation 7> (Quarantine No. 52) 
 
 Pursuant to authority vested in the Bureau of Entomology 
 and Plant Quarantine under reg^alation 7 of the revised rules 
 and regulations supplemental to Notice of Q,uarantino No. 52, 
 revised, which provides that permits may "be issued for the 
 interstate movement of cottonseed from areas lightly infested 
 with the pink bollwoim on such conditions as may he prescribed 
 "by that Bureau, the Bureau hereby approves either of the fol- 
 lowing alternative treatments and permits may be issued for 
 the interstate movement from lightly infested areas to any 
 destination of cottonseed so treated: 
 
 When the cottonseed has been given a special heat treat- 
 ment at lU5° F. maintained under approved conditions for a 
 period of thirty (30) minutes, or has been heated to a tem- 
 perature of 155° F. in an approved mariner separate and apart 
 from ginning operatiuns, and subsequent to either treatment 
 has been protected from contamination to the satisfaction of 
 the inspector. 
 
 LEE A. STRONG, 
 Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran tine. 
 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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