Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-20
FEDERAL AND STATE ! QUARANTINE AS TO
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 , sAs result of the hearing con- l dncted April and ' by the Federal horticultural Board of the United [ St4tes Department of Agriculture on 3Ncount of the pink boil worm, and i kafter consultation with the Govern 1 or and other authorities and repre- < sentatives of the State of Texas, and 1 with official and other representa-. tives of the State of Louisiana, the Q Federal Horticultural Board will re- commend to the Secretary of Agri- culture the following quarantine and i restrictive action to be enforced by these states in cooperating with this 5 department with the object of pre- , venting the further spread and ef- l 1ecting the eXtermination of the pest
 The prompt carrying out of these plans has been definitely promised [ by the official representatives of these States.
 Quarantine and Restrictive Action as
 to Texas
 H. The State of Texas will estab- fish and enforce non-cotton area covering the regulated zone now in effect in southeastern Texas with certain additions to include new points of infestation which have been determined outside of the old quarantine line. This zone involves all or portions of the Counties of Jefferson, Chambers, Galveston, Bra zoria, Harris, Liberty, Fort Bend, Jasper, and Newton.
 2. In addition to and surrounding this non-cotton area, as a further factor of safety, the State of Texas will establish and enforce regu- lated zone of 25 miles in width The growth of cotton in such regulated zone will be permitted under the re- striction that the crop shall be un- der the full control of the State authorities in cooperation with the United States Department of Agri- culture for the purpose of enforcing any safeguards that shall be deter mined to be necessary
 3. The State of Texas will estab- fish similar regulated zones of ten- mile radius surrounding all oil mills in Texas which are known to have received seed during the last three years from the parishes in south western Louisiana now known to be invaded by this pest. Such points in Texas are now known to include Houston, San Antonio, San Marcos and Snyder.
 4. In addition it is understood and agreed that the State of Texas will maintain and sontinue the non- cotton zone established for the last two years at Hearne, Texas, and the non-cotton zone established for 1918, including the Counties of Presidio and Brewster, in the Great Bend of the Rio Grande; and will continue the quarantine with respect to Val verde, Kinney and Maverick Counties on the basis of a non-cotton zone, extending inward five miles from the Mexican border of these counties and the inclusion in regulated zone of the portion of these counties outside of such border zone in which all cot ton produced will be under the con- trol of the State authorities in CO., operation with the United States De- partment of Agriculture as in the case of other regulated zones
 .. The Governor of Texas has agreed for the State to promulgate imme- diately the non-cotton zones indicat- ed and to take steps for the prompt establishment of the restricted zones referred to. He has further stated that he will convene the State legis- lature in extraordinary session dur ing May for the purpose of making such amendments as may be neces- sary to the Pink Bollworm Act of the State to carry out the action in dicated and to make privision by specific appropriation of State mon eys for the reimbursement of plant CTS in the non-cotton zones for the losses which they may sustain as a result of the prohibition of the growth of cotton and for the reim- bursement of such planters for cot ton actually produced in 1919 and which has already been destroyed in control operations with respect to the pink bollworm. Quarantine and Restrictive Action
 As to Louisiana.
 1. The State of Louisiana will es- tablish and enforce as non-cotton area all of the Parishes of Cameron, Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis. h. asmuch as these parishes include a considerable area beyond known in- festation, the requirement of a regu- lated zone surrounding these parish ess is deemed unnecessary.
 ?. The State of Louisiana will es- tablish regulated zone of ten mile radius surrounding all oil mills { in Louisiana which are known to have received seed during the last three years from the parishes of southwestern Louisiana now known to be invaded by this pest. Such points in Louisiana are now known to include Shreveport, Monroe, Bun kie, Alexandria, Broussard Eunice and Gretna.
 The Governor and other authori- ties of Louisiana have already taken steps to provide and enforce such noncotton zone and also for the re- imbursement of the losses of plan ters in such zone as a result of this action. Proposed Quarantine Action by the
 U. s. Department of Agriculture.
 The execution of this agreement and plan of action arrived at by the Federal Horticultural Board of this Department and the official repre- sentatives of the States of Louisiana and Texas will make it possible, the l Secretary of Agriculture states, to ; limit the Federal quarantine to the , non-cotton and the regulated zones described as to these two States. This action will be supplemental to the State quarantines and for the purpose of giving Federal authority l and aid in their enforcement. ( It will place no restrictions on the T interstate of cotton and I cDf%ap proJucte ont of tho Sac.innS