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was impossible to draw conclusions as to the specific effects of 

 the different fertilizer combinations. The fertilizer experiments 

 in the Red Brook bog at Waqnoit will be continued during next 

 year, but meanwhile similar experiments will be begun in the 

 Spectacle Pond bog. It is believed that it will be best to dis- 

 continue the Waquoit experiments after next year, since they 

 lie at such a distance from the station bog in Wareham as to 

 make jjroper attention to the work somewhat difficult and ex- 

 pensive. 



Insect Work. — Dr. Franklin has devoted himself with great 

 enthusiasm and faithfulness to observations and studies on the 

 insects having a relation either injurious or beneficial to the 

 cranberry industry. He has accumulated a large amount of 

 valuable data, but his work is not advanced to the point where 

 ])ublication seems called for. 



Control Work. 



Detailed reports concerning the various lines of contr<^l work 

 carried on by the station, prepared by the chemists in cliarg{% 

 will be found in the later pages of this report. 



Fertilizer Law. — We have found it impossible during the 

 past few years to exercise an efficient control over the trade in 

 fertilizers and to publish the reports without expending an 

 amount exceeding the sum brought in by the analysis or license 

 fees required by our law. The expenditure in 1!)09 exceeded 

 the amount of the license fees to the amount of nearly $1,000. 

 To provide for this excess expenditure by the use of other sta- 

 tion funds seriously reduces the amount available for experi- 

 mental work. Accordingly, the amount of analytical work in 

 connectiou with the fertilizer control during the past year has 

 been somewhat restricted, and the size of the bulletin giving 

 the results has been reduced. These reductions, while for the 

 time being necessary, are undesirable, and for this reason, as 

 well as for other important reasons, it has been decided to ask 

 for a revision of our fertilizer law. The preparation of the new 

 draft has required a great deal of study and many conferences 

 with parties affected by ihe law. Th(> more inqiortant of the 



