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and growing business. Shall anything be done to meet this 

 condition, which, though only prospective now, may become 

 an existent one at any moment? The only remedy which 

 seems to be available is that of requiring the fumigation of 

 all stock sold by nurseries where the gypsy and brown-tail 

 moths occiu* ; and whether this is feasible, is a question. 

 The inspector recommends that the members of the Board 

 of Agriculture, or some counnittee thereof, give this subject 

 their careful consideration, that the best method of dealing 

 with it may have been decided upon before actual cases re- 

 quiring action shall have occurred. 



Financial Statement. 



Appropriation, $1,000 00 



Compensation of State Nursery Inspector and 



three deputies, ...... $432 50 



Travelling and necessary expenses of inspector 



and deputies, ...... 382 44 



Supplies (postage, etc.), ..... 3 18 



Unexpended balance, ..... 181 88 



$1,000 00 



That the duties of the inspectors have been rendered 

 much easier and more pleasant by the attitude of the nurs- 

 erymen themselves is a great satisfaction ; and the thanks 

 of the inspectors are herewith tendered to the nurserymen, 

 to the members of the Board of Agriculture and to the sec- 

 retary of the Board, for their kindly interest and sympathy 

 with the work. 



Respectfully submitted , 



H. T. FERNALD, 



state Kurserij Tnsjiector. 

 Amhkr.st, Dec. 2.3, 1904. 



