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consideration by the Bureau of Entomology of the Department 

 of Agriculture, a committee of Economic Entomologists and 

 prominent manufacturers. A law was introduced into the 

 last Congress, and has now been brought into such form that 

 it seems to be fairly satisfactory to all interests involved. This 

 law, of course, can be effective in the States only in governing- 

 interstate transactions, but since practically all manufacturers of 

 insecticides and fungicides do an interstate business, the passage 

 of the national law will probably prove effective in controlling 

 the manufacture and trade in these materials. 



Publications dueing 1909. 



The new plan for the publication of the annual report of the 

 station referred to in my last report became effective for the 

 first time during the past year. Under this plan a larger pro- 

 portion of the material published by the station will appear in 

 the annual report than has been customary heretofore. Thus, 

 for example, the two parts of the annual report for 1909 make 

 a total of 300 pages, whereas the annual report for 1908 in- 

 cluded 1Y2 pages only. The amount of matter to be published 

 in bulletin form is reduced l>y the change just referred to, and 

 the number of such publications during the past year has been 

 considerably less than in 1908. The total number of printed 

 ]iages, including both bulletins and reports is, however, the same 

 for the two years. 



The amount of circular matter sent out is also practically the 

 same, namely, 30 pages in 1909 and 32 pages in 1908. A full 

 list of the j)ublications for the year follows : — 



Publications during 1909. 

 Annual report : — 

 Parts I. and II. 300 pages. 



Bulletins : — ■ 

 No. 128. Inspection of Commercial Feed Stuffs, P. H. Smith and 



P. V. Goldsmith. 56 pages. 

 No. 129. Beekeeping in Massachusetts, Burton N. Gates. 32 pages. 

 No. 130. A Summary of Meteorological Observations, J. E. Ostrander. 

 28 pages. 

 Circulars : — 

 No. 20. The Use of Lime in Massachusetts Agriculture, Wm. P. 

 Brooks. 6 pages. 



