Show DETENTION ROOM FOR PESTS method adopted by government tor excluding entry of bugs injurious to farm crops experience has taught the officials of our national government the advisability of guarding against the possible importation of injurious or undesirable plants and animals well meaning but carelessly inclined friends liv alv ing abroad send homo home specimens of beautiful or peculiar plants or flowers strange and unusual insects insect es small animals as pots arid and so BO forth not knowing that they are aiding in the tha spread of what may be extremely harmful pest often too seed of somo some variety of fruit or vegetable la Is sent to home friends tor for planting ing which contains the eggs of some in sect pest or the germs of a disease which may sweep away thousands of dollars worth of valuable home homegrown ho mcgrown grown plants or trees to prevent any of these disasters the government has provided a quarantine room to which all specimens living or dead and preserved must first go for thorough microscopic inspection spec tion before being passed on to tho the recipient says the new york independent the first shipment received after the establishment of this room was a lot of pota potatoes toos from the andes of south america they wore were found to be thoroughly infected with a small brown lug bug harmful enough to have created an endless amount ot of mischael misch lel among tho the potato interests of thil country had they been allowed to en ter or unobserved the inspection room Is IB carefully pro pre pared to prevent the escape of microscopic germs it la Is simply a glass in closed cago cage about eight by twelve feet placed in one of the regular office rooms in the department of agriculture and Is absolutely bug proof |