26 P.D. 123. 



These claimants, however, represent less than 4% of the total number of persons 

 who have been called upon to destroy their bushes and in nearly every instance 

 they were deriving a considerable income from the plants. 



With the increase in the number of individuals cooperating with the depart- 

 ment, it might be exjjected that the area of laud examined would be larger than 

 that of last year. Such is not the case, however, the total land area examined 

 this year — 150,876 acres — being somewhat below the unusually large acreage 

 examined in 1923. This situation is due to the fact that many of the lots were 

 very small and practically no areas were Ribes-free, as was the ease last year. 



The reduction in the area of land examined has naturally resulted in a slight 

 increase in the average cost per acre from the unprecedented low figure of 12/ 

 per acre in 1923, to 19/ per acre for 1924. 



The following tabulation of data summarizes the results of the field work per- 

 formed during the fiscal year 1924. 



Education: 



Number of local meetings attended 

 Attendance at meetings 



Number of exhibits placed . 



Number of circulars distributed . 



Number of news items prepared . 



Number of posters placed 



Service : 



Number of initial interviews with property owners 

 Number of follow-uj) calls ..... 

 Number of field demonstrations to individuals : 



Instruction in identification of the disease . 



Instruction in the practice of control work . 



Cooperative Control {Bibes eradication) : 



Number of owners removing cultivated Ribes only 

 Number of owners removing wild and cult. Ribes 

 Total amount expended by cooperating owners 

 Area of land (acres) examined for wild Ribes 

 Estimated area (acres) of white pine protected 

 Number of wild Ribes pulled 

 Number of cultivated Ribes pulled 

 Average cost per acre (total expenditures) . 

 Number of towns in which work has been conducted 



57 



4,564 



65 



11,371 



211 



416 



4,466 

 1,845 



919 

 1,248 



1,564 



980 



$11,527.04 



150,876 



98,318 



1,411,166 



38,777 



19/ 



70 



These activities have been conducted as heretofore under a formal written 

 agreement between the U. S. Department of Agriculture (Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry and the Office of Cooperative Extension Work), the State Extension 

 Service (Director of Extension and the County Agricultural Agents), and the 

 Massachusetts Department of Agriculture (Division of Plant Pest Control). 

 The parties to the cooperative agreement are represented by an appointee of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry designated as the State Blister Rust Leader. The 

 State Leader is responsible for the carrying out of the cooperative blister rust 

 control program within the State, but administers the work in intimate associa- 

 tion with the Director of this division. 



During the fiscal year 1924, the State Leader, Mr. C. C. Perry, has been 

 assisted in carrj-ing on the work by the following personnel, designated as blister 

 rust control agents, each man being charged with the resi^onsibility for carrying 

 out the plan of work in a definite district in the State: 



District 



I 



III 



V 



VI 



VII 



VIII 



Essex ..... 

 Plvmouth-Norfolk 

 Worcester ( South ) 

 Worcester (North) 

 Franklin-Hampshire ( North ) 

 Hampden-Hampshire ( South) 



Agent in charge 

 W. T. Roop 

 E. M. Broekway 

 E. J. McNernev 

 R. W. MeiTick' 

 G. S. Doore 

 R. E. Wheeler 



