﻿930 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Keport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  " 
  Yellows 
  " 
  is 
  licrebv 
  declared 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  contagious 
  disease 
  

   affecting 
  the 
  constitution 
  and 
  vital 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  tree, 
  and 
  mani- 
  

   fested 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  symptoms 
  or 
  one 
  of 
  them: 
  1st, 
  a 
  prema- 
  

   ture 
  ripening 
  of 
  the 
  fruit, 
  which 
  is 
  flavorless, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  color 
  

   thereof 
  not 
  solid, 
  but 
  mottled 
  or 
  variegated; 
  2d, 
  wing 
  growth 
  of 
  

   shoots 
  from 
  the 
  trunk 
  or 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  tree. 
  (Sup. 
  Pub., 
  Gen. 
  

   Laws 
  1890-1900.) 
  

  

  MASSACHUSETTS. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  execute 
  any 
  

   reasonable 
  measures 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  spreading 
  and 
  extermination 
  

   of 
  ocneria 
  dispar, 
  or 
  gypsy 
  moth, 
  and 
  make 
  regulations 
  to 
  this 
  

   end. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  to 
  bring 
  this 
  moth 
  into 
  the 
  State, 
  or 
  trans- 
  

   port 
  within 
  the 
  State 
  said 
  insect 
  or 
  its 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Damage 
  to 
  property 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  State, 
  whenever 
  such 
  dam- 
  

   age 
  is 
  caused 
  in 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  exterminate 
  the 
  pest. 
  (Laws 
  1891, 
  

   chap. 
  210.) 
  

  

  Two 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  an 
  unexpended 
  

   balance 
  of 
  1898, 
  is 
  appropriated 
  to 
  exterminate 
  gypsy 
  moth. 
  

   (Laws 
  1898, 
  chap. 
  31; 
  chap. 
  290.) 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  exterminate 
  

   the 
  brown-tail 
  moth. 
  (Laws 
  1898, 
  chap. 
  544.) 
  

  

  Two 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  was 
  appropriated 
  towards 
  ex- 
  

   penses 
  in 
  extermination 
  of 
  the 
  gypsy 
  and 
  bro^\Ti-tail 
  moths. 
  (Laws 
  

   1899, 
  chap. 
  80, 
  and 
  chap. 
  268.) 
  

  

  MICHIGAIsT. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  keep 
  any 
  peach 
  almond, 
  

   apricot, 
  plum, 
  prune, 
  eheiTy, 
  nectarine 
  or 
  pear 
  tree 
  infected 
  with 
  

   the 
  contagious 
  disease 
  known 
  as 
  yellows, 
  black-knot, 
  peach 
  rosette, 
  

   little 
  peach 
  or 
  pear 
  blight, 
  or 
  to 
  offer 
  to 
  sell 
  or 
  ship 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  