Route 128 free of the European Chafer if possible. If we find it 

 necessary in the near future, we may have to institute a state 

 quarantine on the chafer and thus regulate the movement of certain 

 products, like nursery stock, from one part of the state to another. 

 LEGISLATION 



During the fiscal year the legislation on the Noxious VJeed 

 Bill was enacted and became a part of our Plant Pest Law. 



This new portion of our law enables this division to control 

 noxious weeds in the Commonwealth once a weed problem has been 

 determined to exist by the Commissioner and this division. 

 PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITIES 



Along with nursery inspection, agents licenses, field surveys 

 qnd the like, activities in the office that are directly connect-'^d 

 with the public seem to be ever on the increase. 



As the population becomes more and more urbanized, these 

 people are forever looking for answers to gardening and pest 

 control problems. As an example, during the year we received 

 approximately 1,178 telephone calls, 2,035 letters, and visits in 

 the office by 16 people. 



It is well to note that in most cases these inquiries were 

 from people seeking ansv/ers to specific problems. 



Listed belov/ is a small sample of the types of inquiries 



we received throughout the year: 



Bees Eradication of squirrels 



Hornets Gypsy Moth quarantine 



tomato blight care of evergreens 



lawn care alternatives to pesticides 



mulches rodent control 



household pests stored grain pests 



ticks poison ivy control 

 exporting plants 



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