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Title: Annual report
Identifier: annualreport19501953ento (find matches)
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Entomological Society of Ontario; Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture
Subjects: Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects
Publisher: Toronto, The Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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8 REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL two sections, one dealing with rodents and the other with insect infestation. This division is empowered to inspect and retain for treatment, if required, only foodstuffs being imported through the agency of or for the account of the British Ministry of Food. In the case of private importations, which at present form a very small percentage of the food entering the United Kingdom, the inspectors of the division often examine these and advise the importer if they consider some treatment should be carried out: the recommendations of the inspectors are usually followed, but it must be emphasized that under the present system the government authorises do not insist on the treatment of private importations. In addition to the supervision of material at the time of importation, the inspectors of this Division are also responsible for the supervision of storage facilities. In this way, a check is kept on the material until it is delivered for processing. In the United Kingdom, at the large ports where imported foodstuffs are unloaded, barges are used extensively for treating a wide range of products. As the British barge is admirably suited for fumigation work, it plays much the same role as the Canadian railroad car in the organization of the pest control program in imported plant products (Figs. 2, 3).
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Figure 3. Applying methyl bromide, barge fumigation of cocoa beans, Port of London. Grain storages in the United Kingdom are often unsuited as structures in which fumigation of bulk grain may be carried out. Thus much of the grain found to be infested is treated in the barges used for transporting it to the storages (Fig. 4). Although experimental work has shown that it is difficult to obtain a good distribution of methyl bromide in bulk grain, the

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