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Show USE OF INSECT PROOF ROOM Washington. July 12 Guarding against the escape of foreign insects which might be harmful, the- depart ment of agriculture has Installed an Insect proof room In which to examine exam-ine all specimens that Its explorers or others send In. The value of the room was proved today when a con- I Klgnment of potatoes from the Peruvian Peru-vian Andes, sent In by one of the de- partment's experts, was opened It was the first shipment opened in the room. Several Insects were dlscov- prn whlfh ar,nPiM..i ni.i- - clared might hae proved harmful If thev had escaped and multiplied The plant quarantine law excepts from Its provisions speclmpns brought In by the department of agriculture for scientific and experimental purposes |