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 STATE PLANT BOARD, 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 0? AGRICULTURE 
 
 bureau of entomology and plant quarantine 
 washington, d. c. 
 
 B. E. P. Q.— H36 (Revised). July 27, 1937 
 
 ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS 
 APPROVAL OE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS EOR COTTONSEED 
 AS A CONDITION FOR INTERSTATE MOVEMENT FROM THE 
 AREA REGULATED UNDER QUARANTINE NO. 6l 
 
 (Issued under Regulation 6, Quarantine No, 6l) 
 
 Pursuant to authority vested in the Bureau of Entomology 
 and Plant Quarantine under regulation 6 of the revised rules 
 and regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 6l , 
 revised, which provides that permits may be issued for the 
 interstate movement of cottonseed from the regulated area on 
 such conditions as may be prescribed by that Bureau, the Bureau 
 hereby a"OT>roves any one of the following alternative treatments 
 and permits may be issued for the interstate movement of cotton- 
 seed so treated: 
 
 When the cottonseed has been sterilized to IU5 F. as a 
 part of the continuous process of ginning and, in addition, has 
 been treated by sulphuric acid and screening; or has been given 
 a special heat treatment at IU5 F. maintained under approved 
 conditions for a period of thirty (30) minutes; or has been 
 heated to a temperature of 155° F. in an approved manner separate 
 and apart from ginning operations, and subsequent to any one of 
 these treatments has been urotected from contamination to the 
 satisfaction of the insr>ector. 
 
 LEE A. STRONG 
 
 Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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