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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Stone walls infested, 



Stone walls burned (rods) , . 



Stone walls sprayed (rods), . 



Brush cut and burned (acres) , 



Ground burned over with oil (acres) , 



Ground burned over without oil (acres), 



Ground sprayed with oil (acres), . 



363 



2,053 



3,495 



2,559 



151 



155 



11 



Nmnber of Employees in 1899- 



False Alarms. 

 As stated in another place in this report, the distribution 

 of the bulletin on the gypsy moth has stimulated attention 

 on the part of the public toward insect depredations. As 

 was expected, this has led to the sending to this office of an 

 unusually large number of false complaints of damage by 



