Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-17
QUARANTINE ZONE.
Regulations Governing Trans
portation of Products From
Infected District Made
Plain bv Officials.

tine IN OOuIn CaTollud 1Ie eAPidiiieI
to the people of South Carolina il
the following bulletin:
In determining the distribution
of the Mexican cotton boil weevil il
is not possible to establish an actua
weevil line which is absolutely de-
pendable for accuracy. 1t can only
be very closely approximated and
for that reason there is provided a
belt 90 miles wide in advance of the
actual weevil line as officially re
ported and this belt of 90 miles il
known as the safety zone. This will
protect free territory from strag
Cling weevils that may have advan'
ced further than official weevil line
and remained undiscovered.
1t is unlawful to ship prohibited
or restricted articles from boil wee
vii territory across official weevil
line into safety zone. 1t is un!aw.
full to ship prohibited or restricted
articles from safety zone into free
territory.
The regulations of the South Car,
olina State crop pest commission
provide a so miles quarantine line.
This line is so miles in advance of
the actual weevil line as officially
published, or 80 miles in advance of
the safety line or safety zone. This
belt of 80 miles is known as the
quarantine zone. The object of this
line is to protect free territory
against sudden advances of the vice.
vii such as are made in high winds,
for example, during the growing
season when the weevils are active.
At the present time while the wee.
wills are in hiberpation and are not
active, the State crop pest commits
sion will permit the, movement of
cotton seed from quarantine zone
(bul not from safety zone) into free
territory. Those intending to ship
seed are cautioned that the quaran-
tine zone will become effective as
soon as the season approaches again
when the weevils resume activity.
This time can not be exactly fore
casted. Those wishing to move seed
are urged to do so before the first
week in February. A map showing
the weevil territory. as well as the
safety and quarantine zone, may be
obtained by applying to the State
crop pest commission, Clemson Col
lege, S. G.
Briefly, shipments of restricted
or prohibited articles are governed
af follows: First, no restricted or
prohibited articles can be moved
from weevil territory across actual
weevil line as officially announced,
into safety one, quarantine zone or
free territory. Second, no prohibit
ed or restricted articles can be ship
ped from safety zone (Which is a
belt 20 miles wide in advance Of the
official weevil line) into quarantine
zone or free territory. Third, the
quarantine zone will be ordered eff
fective as soon as it becomes neces-
sary, owing to weather conditions.
This .is a belt go miles wide in ad-
vance of the safety zone and no re-
stricted or prohibited articles can
be shipped from this quarantine
zone after this quarantine zone has
been ordered effective by the State
crop pest commission.
There are three lines involved in
this quarantine. First, the actual
weevil line as officially published.
The line is 30 miles in advance of
the boil weevil line Is known as the
safety line. The line 80 miles in
advance of the safety zone or 80
miles in advance of the actual vice.
vii line is known as the quarantine
line.
The safety line which is now ef'
fective begins on the Savannah riv,
er in Edge6eld county running
southeast through Par ksville, Frank
lin, Ropers. Warrenville Station,
west of Aiken, through Talantha in
Aiken county, through Weathers,
bee, west of Barnwell, through Ye-
nome, Kline. Allendale, west of
Fairfax, through Rosebud in Hamp-
ton county, Copes, Freeman, Ridge
land in Jasper county, then straight
south through Bluffton, through
Central, Bulls Island and Brad
docks Point.
A. E. Conradi,
State Entomologist,
H w Rarra- State PatholOgist.