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of individuals. It is reasonable to expect the active formation of other cities and 

 towns into organized projects during the coming year. 



Investigational Work. — Entomologists employed by the Board have continued 

 field investigational studies of mosquito breeding areas throughout the year. Such 

 studies have been made of the north and south shores and the Charles River area 

 in particular. Sufficient information is now available to enable the Board to 

 specifically recommend control measures in practically any town or city east of 

 Worcester or at least with a minimum of effort review a checkup in any specific 

 section within this area. 



Saugus-Rircre IStiidies. — At the request of certain influential parties in Saugus, 

 Lynn and Revere for a survey of the marsh areas in that vicinity, the Board has 

 made special studies and suggested several solutions for the improvement of the 

 area both from the standpoint of mosquito control and industrial development. 

 A report of their suggestions will be prepared and available for distribution in the 

 early part of 1931. 



Extending Information. — The Board issued a sixteen-page bulletin on the "Mos- 

 quitoes of Massachusetts" early in the year, which has been generally distributed 

 and favorably received. It contains suitable illustrations to emphasize the text 

 and is comprehensive enough to cover the general mosquito situation. 



A flyer, "Know your Mosquito," was also printed and seemed to meet a popular 

 demand, as nearly 100,000 copies have been distributed through schools, local 

 organizations and at fairs and expositions. 



The Board realizing the need of "mosquito education," has in many cases sup- 

 plied lantern slides, lectures to various organizations, as well as charts, photo- 

 graphs, models and aquarium exhibits. It has also given news items of timely 

 interest to the press and received no small amount of publicity throughout the 

 State. 



Resnlis Already Evident. — Although this has been the first year that mosquito 

 control projects have been organized and supervised by the Board, there are 

 innumerable evidences of tangible results. The work in Nantucket is practically 

 completed and results most encouraging, ^^'ork in Barnstable County, although 

 far more complicated and extensive, has shown tangible evidence of success. The 

 matter of maintenance of work already completed will be one of the major prob- 

 lems demanding the attention of the Board in the future. 



REGULATORY WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT 



The Department of Agriculture administers several regulatory statutes. The 

 most important among these are the Apple Grading Law, the Seed Law, the 

 Farm Products Grading Law, the Corn Borer Law, the Nursery Inspection Law. 

 the Apiary Law and the Oleomargarine Law. 



The Apple Grading Law 

 The Apple Grading Law specifically provides that a hearing be given to the 

 parties concerned before further action is taken by the Department of Agriculture. 

 It has been the policy of this Department to place considerable importance upon 

 hearings conducted in connection with these violations, and the first offender has 

 always been given an opportunity to profit by the suggestions and advice given 

 by representatives of the Department at authorized hearings before prosecution 

 proceedings are commenced. Approximately 85 persons have been called into 

 hearings because of violations of the Apple Grading Law, and only two prosecu- 

 tions have resulted. There has been a tendency among many of our apple growers 

 and dealers to overface their packages of apples, placing the bigger and better 

 fruit on top of the container. Possibly two-thirds of our violations are concerned 

 with packing of apples, wherein the face did not represent the contents. 



Corn Borer Law 



Considerable progress has been made in the enforcement of our Corn Borer 

 Law and several hundred first oft'enders have been called to hearings where the 

 provisions of the law were explained to them and advice given to them relative to 

 the best method of controlling the corn borer in their particular case. It has been 



