The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
HDRIIC TURISTSs OF ALABAMA MAKE !.sEARNEST PLEAFOR DIVERSIFIED FARMING
ON GUARD FOR WEEVIL
HORTICULTURE BOARD ADOPTS
 STRINGENT RULES.
Quarantine Declared Againkt Infested Districts of Texas and Loais-
 iana--Power Vested in
 State HorticuIturist.


 At a meeting of the Alabama State
 Beard of, Horticulture, the following
 rules and regulations were adopted: An shipment of nursery stock re- ceived without proper tags attached 1 shall not be delivered until the State Hcrticulturist has given his permission | to deliver the same
 All tags used in the State shall be printed under the direction of the State Horticulturist
 The strawberry root louse was added to the list of dangerous insects. This insect has been found in d few locali- ties and 1t Is the intention to keep 1t from spreading to other strawberry centers.
 Rules and regulations were adopted in regard to the Mexican cotton boil weevil.
 In accordance with authority granted by the act of the Legislature of the State of Alabama entitled TO further protect horticulture, fruit growing and truck gardening. and to exclude crop pests of all kinds in the State of Ala bama." approved March ,, 190S, the Board further adopted the following 1 regulation:
 That in order to prevent the intro duction of the Mexican boil weevil into the State of Alabama from the State of Texas and Louisiana, where the same 1 Is known to exist rigid quarantine is hereby declared against the follow ing counties of Texas: Anderson, An | gelina, Aransas, Atascosa. Austin, Bas- | trop, Bee, Bell, Balance, Bosque, Bowie.
 Brazoria. Brazos Brown. Burleson, Bur- net, Caldwell, Calhoun. Cameron. Camp
 Cass. Chambers, Cherokee Collin, Col orado, Comal, Comanche, Cook, Coryell. Dallas, Delta, Denton, Dewitt, Duval. Eastland, Ellis. Erath, Falls. Fannin.
 Fayette. Fort Bend, Franklin. Free
 stone. Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Con
 gales. Grayson. Gregg, Grimes. Gauda- lupe. Hamilton. Hardin, Harris, Harri-
 son. Hayes. Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill,
 Hood. Hopkins, Houston. Hunt. Jack,
 Jackson, Jasper. Jefferson. Johnson,
 Karnes, Kaufman. Kent, Lamar. Lam
 pasas, Lavaca. Lee. Leon, Liberty.
 Limestone, Live Oak. Llano. Madison.
 Marion, Matagorda, Mcclellan, McMul- len. Milan, Mills, Montgomery, Morris,
 Nacogdoches, Navarro, Nuecos, Newton. Orange. Palo Pinto. Panola, Parker, Polk. Raine, Red River, Refugio, Rob ertsOn, Rockwell, Rusk, Sabine. San Auugstine. San Jacinto, San Patricio.
 San Saba. Shelby, Smith. Somervell,
 Star, Stephens. Tarrant Titus, Travis. Trinity. Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria. Walker. Wood. Washington,
 Wharton, Williamson. Wilson. Wise, and also against the following parishes of Louisiana: Sabine. Vernon. Calca- sieu, Caddo. Red River. Natchitoches and DeSoto, as we'll as against all other counties of Texas or other parishes of Louisiana where the said Mexican boil weevil may be known 10 exist; and in order to prevent the introduction into the State of Alabama of the said Mex ina hAJI | fc nhxrI Inp 1nr q
 (a) That no cotton seed, seed cot ton. hulls. seed cotton and cotton seed sacks (which have been used). cotton pickers' sacks, corn in the shuck, un- sacked corn, unsacked oats. unsacked wheat and unsacked COW peas shall at any time be brought Into the State of Alabama from the infested counties of
 Texas or parishes of Louisiana.
 (b) That during the months of July, August and September there shall be no restrictions against the importation of hay. straw, sacked wheat, sacked oats, sackt d shelled corn, sacked COW peas and -unbaIed Spanish moss; but during the refnainiIig ninc months of the year all Of the foregoing articles shall be prohibited from entering or passing through the State of Alabama except as provided for in paragraph E.
 Gel That the following commodities are not restricted at my time, provided no quarantined articles are used in
 packing: Fruit. truck, rice and rice grain products. <r" st s+si (d) That all shipments of household
 goods from infested areas shall be pro-
 hibited unless accompanied by an afii- davit, attached to the way-biil, to the
 effect that the shipment contains no
 cotton, cotton seed. seed cotton. hulls,
 seed cotton and cotton seed sacks. cot
 ton pickers's sacks, corn in the shuck,
 hay. straw. or loose Spanish moss.
 either as packing or in any other way,
 unless the shipment be made during
 tcmber, when hay, straw, corn shucks
 or Spanish moss may be used for pack ing. Such shipments may, however.
 be subject to inspection at the discre-
 tion of the Entomologist (e) That through shipments of quar- antined articles shall be made in tight closed box cars not to be unloaded while
 in transit through the State. R 0D That shipments of baled scotton
 irto Alabama shall be made in tight
 closed box cars.
 (g) That no common carrier shall
 use for bedding or feed for live stock any of the quarantined articles, except
 during July, August and Septeber, when
 hay. straw, Spanish moss or corn
 shucks may be used.
 (h) That the quarantine hereby de- clared may. from time to time be ex-
 tended so as to include other counties of the State of Texas, or parishes of
 Louisiana.
 CD All railroads, steamboats ex-
 press companies and other common car
 riers, and private vehicles, boats, etc,
 entering the State of Alabama from
 the States of Texas or Louisiana, or
 passing through the State of Alabama from any of the infested districts of the States of Texas or Louisiana are espe-
 cially enioined to comply with the re- quirements of this order and of the
 laws of the State of Alabama govern ing the same. H The State Horticulturist is hereby charged with the enforcement of the rules and regulations relative to the Mexican cotton boil weevil.