174 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE 

 SAN JOSE SCALE. 



[Read and accepted at the Annual Meeting, Jan. 12, 1909.] 



This committee, consisting of Messrs. Wheeler, Rane and 

 Fernald, met in the rooms of the State Board of Agriculture 

 on Monday, January 11, at 2 o'clock p.m., and submitted the 

 following report : ■ — 



Resolved, That this committee recommend the following 

 bill to this Board for its approval ; which bill is to be pre- 

 sented to the Legislatures of the several JSTew England States 

 this winter, so that uniform laws may be adopted by the 

 several States for the control of the San Jose scale and other 

 serious pests and diseases on nursery stock. 



A synopsis of this bill will be as follows. 



The bill has been modified from our present law in order 

 to make it uniform with similar bills to be presented this 

 winter in all of the iSTew England States. The only new 

 features are : ■ — 



1. Licensing of agents without fee. 



2. Requirement that nurserymen not residing in Massa- 

 chusetts shall register with nursery inspector before shipping 

 goods into the State. 



3. Infested stock may be quarantined, even though under 

 certificate. 



4. Stock endangered by the presence of infested trees may 

 be declared a public nuisance. 



5. The new provisions necessary in order to make the 

 laws uniform may require a slight added expense. 



