Regulation 5. Foreign Certificate of Inspection.

Each certificate shall give the number of the permit; the date of inspection; name and address of the exporter; the district or locality and the country where grown; name and address of consignee; a statement that the potatoes were grown in a district free from infection with potato wart and have been certified by a duly authorized official to be free from potato wart and other injurious potato diseases and insect pests, and that they are contained in bags, boxes, barrels, or other containers that have not previously been used for potatoes, except as to bulk shipments. The original certificate shall be signed and sealed by a responsible inspection official for the country of origin. The copy certificate may be entirely printed, including the seal. The form of such certificate shall be as follows:

To whom it may concern:

This is to certify that the potatoes included in this shipment as per invoice attached, shipped under permit No.

consigned to

(Name and address of consignee) were grown in..........

a district free from infection with barrels, or other containers, except for potatoes, and were certified by to be free from potato

(Date and year)

wart and other injurious potato diseases and insect pests. [Seal]

(Signed)

(Title of official inspector)

Permits may be canceled and further permits refused for the importation of potatoes from any country whenever such potatoes, in the judgment of the federal horticultural board, are found to be so infested as plainly to indicate that the foreign inspection is merely perfunctory.

Lists of officials in foreign countries authorized to inspect potatoes, giving their names and official designations, will be furnished to collectors of customs through the secretary of the treasury.

Regulation 6. Notice of Arrival of Potatoes by Permittee.

Immediately upon arrival and before unloading from the vessel or other carrier the permittee shall notify the secretary of agriculture, on forms provided for that purpose, stating the number of permit, the quantity of potatoes included in the shipment, the country and locality where grown, the name and address of exporter or shipper, the port of departure, the date of arrival, and the name of the ship or vessel if transported by water, and the designation of the dock where the potatoes are to be landed, and, if by rail, the name of the railroad company, the car numbers, and the terminal where the potatoes are to

be unloaded.

If the destination of the car is changed en route the permittee shall immediately notify the secretary of agriculture of the final destination. At the same time a copy of the notice to the secretary of agriculture shall be sent by the permittee to the duly authorized inspector of the department at the port of entry designated in the permit.

Permits may be canceled and other permits refused if the permittee fails to give either of said notices or gives a false notice.

Lists of such inspectors and officers may be ascertained from the collector of customs or the federal horticultural board, Washington, D. C.

Regulation 7. Special Provision for the Importation of Potatoes from Foreign Countries into Hawaii and Porto Rico, and from the Dominion of Canada and Bermuda, and the States of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, into the United States.

Potatoes from any foreign country may be imported into the territories of Hawaii and Porto Rico for local use only, free of any restrictions whatsoever, until otherwise ordered, under the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912.

Potatoes may be imported from the Dominion of Canada and Bermuda into the United States or any of its territories or districts, free of any restrictions whatsoever until otherwise ordered, under the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912.

Potatoes may be imported from the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, into the Unted States, subject only to the following conditions and restrictions, which must be strictly observed and complied with:

(a) Persons contemplating the importation of potatoes from the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, shall first make application for a permit, in the manner and form as prescribed in regulation 3, and upon approval by the secretary of agriculture of such application a permit will be issued.

(b) Importations from the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, will be permitted entry only through the ports of El Paso, Tex., and Douglas, Naco, and Nogales, Ariz., respectively.

(c) The requirements contained in regulation 6 in regard to the sending of notice of arrival of shipment shall be complied with by the permittee.

(d) No shipment of potatoes from the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, will be permitted entry until it has been examined by an inspector of the United States department of agriculture and found, or believed to be, free from dangerous potato diseases and insect pests.

The above regulations are hereby adopted and shall be effective on and after March 1, 1922, and shall supersede the regulations governing the importation of potatoes into the United States, which were promulgated to take effect on and after March 1, 1921.

February 28, 1922.

HENRY C. WALLACE,
Secretary of Agriculture.

Federal Horticultural Board
Washington, D. C.

FORM FOR IMPORTER'S OR BROKER'S REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

In compliance with section 2 of the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912, and Regulation 6 of the regulations governing the importation of potatoes into the United States, the information provided for in this blank must be given by the permittee or his representative to the secretary of agriculture, Washington, D. C., immediately upon arrival of the potatoes and before such potatoes are unloaded from the vessel or other carrier.

At the same time a copy of the notice to the secretary of agriculture shall be sent by the permittee to the duly authorized inspector of the department at the port of entry designated in the permit. HENRY C. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary, Federal Horticultural Board

Amendment No. 1 to Regulations Governing the Importation of Potatoes into the United States (Revised)

(Effective on and after June 20, 1922.)

Under authority conferred by the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat., 315), it is ordered that regulation 7 of the regulations supplemental to the order of the secretary of agriculture issued December 22, 1913, governing the importation of potatoes into the United States, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:

Regulation 7. Special Provision for the Importation of Potatoes from Foreign Countries into Hawaii and Porto Rico, and from the Dominion of Canada and Bermuda, the States of Chihuahua and Sonora, and the Imperial Valley of the State of Lower California, Mexico, into the United States.

Potatoes from any foreign country may be imported into the territories of Hawaii and Porto Rico for local use only, free of any restrictions whatsoever, until otherwise ordered, under the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912.

Potatoes may be imported from the Dominion of Canada and Bermuda into the United States or any of its territories or districts, free of any restrictions whatsoever, until otherwise ordered, under the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912.

Potatoes may be imported from the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, and the Imperial valley of the state of Lower California, Mexico, into the United States, subject only to the following conditions and restrictions, which must be strictly observed and complied with:

(a) Persons contemplating the importation of potatoes from the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, and the Imperial valley of the state of Lower California, Mexico, shall first make application for a permit, in the manner and form as prescribed in regulation 3, and upon approval by the secretary of agriculture of such application a permit will be issued.

(b) Importations from the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, will be permitted entry only through the ports of El Paso, Tex., and Douglas, Naso, and Nogales, Ariz., respectively.

(c) Importations from the Imperial Valley of the state of Lower California, Mexico, will be permitted only through the port of Calexico, Calif.

(d) The requirements contained in regulation 6 in regard to the sending of notice of arrival of shipment shall be complied with by the permittee.

(e) No shipment of potatoes from the states of Chihuahua and Sonora, and the Imperial valley of the state of Lower California, Mexico, will be permitted entry until it has been examined by an inspector of the United States department of agriculture and found, or believed to be, free from dangerous potato diseases and insect pests.

This amendment is hereby adopted and shall be effective on and after June 20, 1922.

Done at the city of Washington this 19th day of June, 1922. Witness my hand and the seal of the United States department of agriculture.

HENRY C. WALLACE,

Secretary of Agriculture.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Horticultural Board, Washington, D. C.

EUROPEAN RESTRICTIONS ON THE ENTRY OF PLANTS FROM AMERICA

The question has been raised as to whether the European restrictions on living plants and plant products from America are still in full force and effect. As to the correctness of the department's information on this subject, it may be pointed out that the department is working constantly in cooperation with the plant quarantine inspection and control agencies of all foreign countries that have any commerce in plants with the United States, and that some thirty of these have enacted legislation at our request making provision for such cooperation. It would seem to be fairly reasonable to believe, therefore, that this department would be kept fairly promptly advised of any important changes in such legislation.

Furthermore, the department has secured from time to time, through the state department, both the text of such laws and also brief summaries of the laws and the current regulations with respect to such importations from America or elsewhere. The laws and digests on file in the federal horticultural board of the department relate to some thirty countries.

The restrictions of European countries on entry of plants from America are of special interest. They began some fifty years ago in connection with the grape phylloxera, an American pest, and some twenty-five years ago these restrictions were extended by many European countries, on account of the San Jose scale, to a practical embargo against all kinds of living trees or shrubs or parts thereof. Such embargoes were substantially complete in the case of Holland, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Restrictions in lesser degree were enforced by Belgium, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Russia, and even other countries, as Great Britain, Norway and Sweden, maintained restrictions against certain classes of plants. Several of these countries also, notably, Holland, Germany and France, maintained very severe restrictions against entry of our fruits and fruit products. England has recently very much extended her restrictions on entry of plants from all foreign countries.

That these restrictions as to the important European countries involved in plant exportation to the United States are still maintained in full force and effect is indicated by the following summaries, based on recent advices, of the laws of Holland, Germany, France, Belgium, and England:

Holland

Under date of April 21, 1922, the chief of the Netherlands phytopathological service, Dr. N. Van Poeteren, writes that no changes have been made in the San Jose scale order of 1899 or in the phylloxera order of 1883.

The complete laws of the Netherlands bearing on the control of insect pests and plant diseases were transmitted to this board through the state department June 19, 1916.

The San Jose scale law prohibits the importation and transfer from America, direct or indirect, of all kinds of living trees and shrubs or living parts thereof, including boxes, kegs, barrels, or other objects which serve or may have served for packing.

Germany

The information here given on the subject of the restrictions enforced by Germany relative to the importation of plants, fruits, etc., is based on a report from the imperial foreign office of Germany, received through the state department September 20, 1916.