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quarantine against this pest has been removed, and corn, beans, beets with tops, 

 rhubarb, asters, chrysanthemums, dahUas, and gladiolus, can be shipped freely 

 without inspection or certification. The Massachusetts Corn Borer law is being 

 rigidly enforced, and the results of the required control are very encouraging. The 

 statute requires that all corn stubble shall be destroyed by December 1, and all 

 corn stalks by April 10. A corps of inspectors were placed in the field on December 

 1 to report all violations of this law. It was very noticeable that the violations 

 were fewer than in previous years, and most of the delinquents were persons having 

 small gardens and were probably not familiar with the regulations. Farmers and 

 persons in rural districts were found to have cooperated nearly 100 per cent. Per- 

 sons who were reported as not complying with the regulations, were summonsed 

 into hearings where the law and the benefits to be derived therefrom were explained. 



Japanese Beetle 

 This pest has been known to be present in Massachusetts for five years, and 

 judging from the intensity of the Springfield infestation where it was first found, 

 one would be inclined to believe that it had been present there for at least two or 

 three years, before being discovered. The insect is easily controlled either by 

 spraying for the adult or by treating the soil for the grubs. To date, however, the 

 insect has caused no serious damage in this State. The area infested is determined 

 by the use of traps into which is placed an attractive bait. It is difficult to judge 

 how effective these traps are, but unquestionably they are more efficient than 

 scouting. The trapping in Massachusetts was carried on with the cooperation of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture, and beetles were collected in ArUng- 

 ton, Brockton, Brookline, Cambridge, East Braintree, Fitchburg, Framingham, 

 Franklin, Greenfield, Hyannis, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Natick, Needliam, New- 

 buryport. North Adams, Northampton, Palmer, Pittsfield, Salem, Sharon, South- 

 bridge, Turners Falls, Waltham, Webster, Westborough, Westfield, and Worcester. 

 Had funds permitted the securing of additional traps, there is little question but 

 what many additional towns would have been found infested. In view of the find- 

 ings, and especially the widely scattered infestations, it was thought advisable by 

 the Federal Government to quarantine all of Massachusetts. The Federal quaran- 

 tine now includes all of New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massa- 

 chusetts and part of New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Mary- 

 land, and Virginia. Fruits and vegetables, nursery and greenhouse stock, and all 

 other plants (including parts of plants and cut flowers) and sand, soil, earth, peat, 

 compost and manure, if consigned to points outside the quarantined area must be 

 inspected or certified. Not a single Japanese Beetle has been found in or near a 

 Massachusetts nursery, and until this occurs the nursery stock can be shipped out 

 of the area by certification and without actual inspection. This will, however, 

 involve some clerical work on the part of the nurseryman and the inconvenience of 

 attaching Federal tags. Nursery conditions, especially where good cultivation is 

 practiced, are not especially favorable to Japanese Beetle infestation, and it is 

 hoped that our nurseries might always be free from this pest. 



Inspection of Apiaries 



The extensive use by orchardists of package-bees from the South, as mentioned 

 in the annual reports of the last several years, appears to have become more defi- 

 nitely established. As has been anticipated, a technique for the use of these bees 

 is gradually being developed. That package-bees will supplant the use of colony- 

 bees is improbable. In fact, there is a growing tendency of beekeepers in various 

 parts of the State to increase their holdings of colony-bees, either for rental or for 

 sale to orchardists. It is impossible that as yet the full requirements of fruit 

 orchardists have been met, in the use of package-bees and colony-bees. Hence, 

 it appears that there is opportunity in Massachusetts for expansion, particularly 

 in colony-bees. The Extension Service in the several counties is active in assisting 

 orchardists to procure their requirements of either package or colony-bees. 



In 1931, Middlesex and Essex Counties were given an intensive inspection. 

 This resulted, it was found throughout the area in 1932, in a vastly improved 

 condition. Thorough reinspection in 1932 brought the territory under control. Its 



