->0 THE GYPSY MOTH. 



appropriations than are necessary for a vigorous prosecution 

 of this work. The supposition that, as in many other public 

 works, a small appropriation will carry it on to a certain 

 point, and then, if left, it can be taken up again and carried 

 on from where the work left off, is an incorrect one, for the 

 reason that this insect is continually multiplying and spread- 

 ing when left to itself, and there is always the danger in such 

 times that it may be carried off accidentally along the lines 

 of travel to remote parts of this State or even into other 

 States. This insect will therefore be a constant menace to 

 us until it is absolutely exterminated from the land. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. H. FERNALD. 



