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REGISTER

FEDERAL
VOLUME 4

1934

NUMBER 227

Washington, Thursday, November 23, 1939
Rules, Regulations , Orders TITLE 7AGRICULTURE
BUREAU OP ENTOMOLOGY AND
PLA N T QUARANTINE
B.E.P.Q. 503
P ar t 301 D o m e s t ic Q u a r a n t in e N o t ic e s WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE
N o v e m b e r 21, 1939.

Administrative instruc tionsModifying the restrictions of the white-fringed beetle quarantine by au thorizing treatment by methyl bromide solution of balled nursery stock not larger than six 6 inches in thickness. It has been determined after investigation by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, that balled nursery stock can safely and successfully be treated with methyl bromide solution for the control of larvae of the white-fringed beetle Pantomorus leucoloma Boh. and P. peregrinus Buch..
301.72-5C

2 A 2-inch space filled with sand shall be provided between the soil balls, also above and beneath them.
3 Such soil balls shall be treated with a solution of methyl bromide and alcohol at a concentration of 0.3 percent methyl bromide and 0.6 percent dena tured ethyl alcohol by volume in water.
The solution is to be prepared by first mixing the methyl bromide and alcohol together and then adding this mixture to the water and mixing thoroughly.
4 The aqueous solution of methyl bromide and alcohol shall then be applied evenly over the surface of the sand around the plants at the rate of 40 gal lons per 100 square feet of surface area by means of a sprinkling can or sprayer.
5 A fter the required dosage has been applied, the soil balls shall remain em bedded in the sand for a period of 24
hours.
6 The temperature of the soil balls during the treatment shall not be lower than 70 P.
d Disclaimer. There has been no opportunity to test this treatment on many varieties of plants, and it is under stood that no liability shall attach either to the United States Department of A g riculture or its employees in the event of injury to either plants or operators.
e Caution. Methyl bromide is a gas at ordinary temperatures. I t is colorless and practically odorless, and in prepar ing the solution the operator should wear an approved gas mask. Sec. 301.72-5
B.E.P.Q. 503 November 21, 1939
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L ee A. S trong , Chief.

CONTENTS
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
7 A g r ic u l t u r e :
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine :
WjMte-fringed beetle, domestic quarantine restrictions modified_________
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation:
Surpjps food stamp program, . a r e a s designated----------T it l e 16 C o m m e r c ia l P r a c t ic e s :
Federal Trade Commission:
Modified orders:
Alle-Rhume Remedy Co., Inc., and Block Drug ,Co. Inc________________
XTames Heddons Sons-------Q u ality Bakers of America,
et al__________________

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T it l e 25 I n d ian s :

Office of Indian Affairs:
Trading with Indians, regulations amended___________
T it l e 47 T ele c o m m u nicatio n :
Federal Communications Com mission:
Aviation services, rules
amended-------------------Rules of practice and proce/
dure, amendment_______

a Treatment authorized. Under the provisions of Regulation 5 a 1 Sec.
301.72-5 supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 72 Sec. 301.72, the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine hereby authorizes as a NOTICES
prerequisite to certification, the following Department of Agriculture:
method of treatment for balled plants, Division of Marketing and Mar when carried out under the supervision keting Agreements:
of an authorized inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Hearings.on handling of milk:
b Type of material authorized. The iiPoitwayne, Inc., MarketF.R. Doc. 39-4315; Filed, November 21, 1939;
treatment shall be applied only to plants y S ing A re a -----------------2:58 p. m.
in soil balls not greater than six 6
_ / X a Porte County, Ind., Mar inches in diameter or greater than six keting Area--------------6 inches in thickness when not spher Food and Drug Administration:
FEDERAL SURPLUS COMMODITIES
ical.
Fruit preserve foods, etc., proCORPORATION
c Treatment method. 1 The soil posed d e f i n i t i o n and balls around the roots of plants must be D esignation of A reas U nder S urplus standard of identity-----buried in sand and plunged in boxes or F ood S tamp P rogram Rural Electrification Adminis trays approximately one foot deep, which tration:
Pursuant to the applicable regulations are watertight.
Allocation of funds for loans and conditions prescribed by Henry A.
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