April, '21] headlee: gipsy moth in new jersey 177 



country'. It seems that a severe epidemic of some kind is necessary to 

 induce the people of our democracy to extend adequate support to preven- 

 tive organizations andmeasures. In this connection thewriter wouldlike 

 to point out that California's inspection service is the result of a fear 

 that the citrus industry would be wiped out, and that Florida's efforts 

 are the natural and normal result of the fear that its citrus industry 

 would be destroyed by the citrus canker. He anticipates that this 

 severe experience with the gipsy m.oth will lead the citizens of New 

 Jersey to support a twenty-five thousand dollar insect and disease 

 survey service; thus putting New Jersey in a position to protect herself 

 against the establishment of serious insects and diseases in so far as 

 such action on the part of the state is humanly possible. 



In view of the acknowledged insufficiency of our present inspection 

 service in most of the states of this country, and in view of the fact that 

 about the number of years necessary for infestations, established ten 

 or twelve years ago, to make their appearance, and in view of the further 

 fact that a well supported insect and plant disease survey service affords 

 the greatest practical measure of protection, it seem.s to the writer that 

 even,' state should m.ake a determined effort to put on and maintain an 

 insect and plant disease scouting and survey service, which is at least 

 approximately adequate. It is now just about ten years since the period 

 when the gipsy moth egg m.asses came to this country in immense 

 numbers, and it is entirely probable that far more infestations of this 

 insect have become established than anv of us dream of. 



Chairman Sanders : I am sure we are glad to have this authoritative 

 statement by Mr. Headlee on the present conditions in New Jersey. 



Mr. Burgess: If there is an opportunity to discuss this I would like 

 to make a supplementary statement. There have been found in addi- 

 tion to what Mr. Headlee has indicated, four infestations in New York 

 State. Three of these are on Long Island, and one in the Hudson Valley. 

 Stock from that estate was shipped to the Park Department in the city 

 of Buflfalo, and the trees were used for resets on the street to replace 

 trees that had died, and it has been necessary to scout the city of Buffalo 

 in order to determine that infestation had not m.ade a start in that city. 

 That work has been done by men on the Bureau force. Work of a 

 similar character should be done in Brooklyn and in other points in 

 New York State. I would like to call attention at this time to the 

 financial situation in connection with the gipsy moth project. Last 

 year I told this Association that the gipsy moth situation was extremely 

 critical and that with the $300,000 appropriation which we had ordi- 



