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BOARD OF ACmcrLTrRE. 



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The changes in local forest wardens and moth superintendents in 

 towns and cities have been very few indeed, and this fact results 

 in more satisfactory conditions. 



Mr. William W. Colton, division superintendent No. 6, re- 

 signed to become city forester of Fitchburg. 



The legislation creating a State Fire Warden and establishing 

 look-out stations and a patrol system increases the organization 

 to that extent. 



In securing the services of ]\Ir. M. C. Hutchins as State Fire 

 Warden, I am convinced Massachusetts is particularly fortunate. 

 Mr. Hutchins has been in the employ of the New York forest 

 service for seven years, and had charge of one of the most impor- 

 tant forest fire divisions of the Adirondacks. He began his services 

 for Massachusetts on August 1, and already the organization is 

 well perfected. We may have every reason to believe that by 

 another season the forest fire menace will be greatly reduced. A 

 report of the fire work will be explained more fully under that title. 



The organization of the State Forester's department at present 

 is as follows : — 



General Staff. 



F. W. Rane, B.Agr., M.S., 

 H. O. Cook, M.F., 



L. H. WORTHLEY, 



R. S. Langdell, . 

 M. C. Hutchins, 

 H. F. Gould, M.F., 

 F. F. Moon, M.F., 



William Reiff, . 

 r. h. colley, 

 Charles O. Bailey, 

 Elizabeth Hubbard, 

 Charlotte Jacobs, 

 Emilie Rau, 

 JosEPHA L. Gallagher, 

 John Lanergan, 



State Forester. 

 Assistant Forester. 

 Assistant, moth work. 

 Assistant, reforestation. 

 State Fire Warden. 

 Assistant, forestry management. 

 Assistant, Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 

 Assistant, moth disease work. 

 Assistant, moth disease work. 

 Secretary. 

 Clerk, bookkeeper. 

 Clerk, mail and office. 

 Stenographer. 

 Clerk. 

 Office boy. 



Co-operative Scientific Staff. 



L. O. Howard, Ph.D., 



Theobald Smith, Ph.D., M.D., 

 Roland Thaxter, Ph.D., . 



W. M. Wheeler, Ph.D., 



Chief United States Bureau of Entomology, 

 Washington, D. C, parasites and preda- 

 ceous insects. 



Professor of Comparative Pathology, Harvard 

 University, diseases of insects. 



Professor of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard 

 University, fungous diseases affecting in- 

 sects. 



Professor of Entomology, Harvard University, 

 experimental entomologist. 



