The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
FINAL WORD IN BOIL
 WEEv|L REGULATION
Code of Quarantine Against Weevil Has Been
 Announced


 final word in boil weevil regulation, and | the code of quarantine against the wee | vii, has been announced. The word comes as result of the meeting of the cotton states entomologists held in Atlanta two
 weeks ago. and comes in the shape of a bulletin issued by pr. W. E. Hinds of Auburn, president of the Association of | Southern Entomologists. | The bulletin sets forth the articles which will be quarantined whenever orig mating in infested area. Other regula-
 tions as to the shipment of goods related to the cotton industry are prescribed
 The bulletin in full is At a meeting of Cotton States Ento- mologists, held in Atlanta, Ga, Decenl- | Der and S. 1911, it was unanimously de- cided to recommend for the various states quarantining against the Mexican cot
 ton boil weevil that the following seven
 restrictions be made whenever articles
 mentioned originate within the quarantin- | ed area
 1. Seed cotton.
 | 2.'Cotton seed. 3. Seed cotton sacks, cotton seed sacks
 anl cotton pickers' sacks, any of which
 has been used within eight months for | any of purposes indicated. f. Cotton seed hulls between August 1 and December 31.
 5. Spanish moss and corn in shuck be- l tween October 1 and June 30. | 6. Living weevils or weevil stages or weevii work in possession of any person
 outside of the infested territory except a | qualified entomologist ! '. Household goods containing any of
 the foregoing during the period of quar-
 antine applying to each. | Where no time limit is specified, the | restriction ln continuous. The only change
 in the foregoing list from the Alabama 1 regulations previously established is the
 removal of restrictions on cotton seed
 hulls between January and July 31 of | each year, and the addition of a qualify | ing clause placing an eight months time | limit on sacks which may have contained
 weevil infested materials. | In order to remove all doubt upon a
 number of points, it is particularly stated
 that there is no restriction upon any of
 ths following list of eight items at any season:
 1. Baled cotton, flat or compressed. l ?. Linters and loose cotton lint. | 3. Cotton seed meal, cake and oil. 4. Corn shelled or in the ear, with shuck removed, oats or any other seed except cotton seed.
 ,. Cotton seed shown by affidavit to | have been sack ed continuously for nine
 months or more.
 6. Cotton seed for planting purposes
 after fumigation with carbon disulphide | by a competent entomologist. | z. Hay.
 8. Empty freight cars. All states affected will recommend
 the establishment of the "20 mile safety zone" bordering the area of known in l festation and to be included with it in the application of quarantine regula- .
 tions. Furthermore all states will adopt the system of affidavits and cer- t1hcates now in use in Alabama, All states wholly outside of the in Tested area, including Tennessee, Geor- g1a South Carolina and North Caro-
 lima, apply their regulations to the en- tire area of a state partially infested and require proper certificates or af-
 fdavits in establishing the fact that | shipments are not liable to contain or
 to aid in disseminating the Mexican
 poll Weevil before shipment of articles
 in the restricted list given above can
 be admitted into those states. Shipments of restricted articles orginat- | ms III the lOiiOWlilS ueScr1DeQ territory
 may be accepted for transportation to
 any point in the state of Alabama without
 requirement by transportation agents of
 certificates or affidavits to accompany way bill; Marion, Walker, Jefferson, Bbb, | Chiffon, Autaugua, Lowndes, Crenshaw, Coffee and Geneva counties and all other
 Alabama counties lying north and east | thereof.
 l In order to establish the safety and propriety of shipments of restricted arti- | cles originating in or shipped from the
 following list of countless Lamar, Fayette,
 Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Greene, Hale, Ma
 rengo, Perry, Dallas. Wilcox, Monroe, Butler, Conecuh, Escambia and Coving- | ton, proper certificate or affidavit must
 accompany each way bill when shipment | is destined to points outside of quaran- | tined area as outlined in Alabama press
 bulletin No. 50
 Blank affidavits in acceptable form may
 be obtained upon application to the un- l dersigned Where found desirable, this | form may be kept on file by station
 agents and shippers may then copy this | form in the execution of their affidavits | to avoid delay so far is possible. The | affidavit should be fully executed Qn- l cluding notarial seaD and filed with the undersigned as an application for the is- suance of certificate. If it appears that shipment can De Sa1ely ana properly made as desired, the necessary certificate and instructions will then be issued im- mediately
 Transportation agents must see that these rules have been compiled with be- fore accepting shipments of quarantined articles destined to unnfested territory. w. F. HINDS,
 Entomologst, Alabama Experiment, Sta ton, Auburn