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Dairy Bureau. 



On account of the expiration of his term of sei"^dce on the 

 Board of Agriculture, Mr. Geo. L. Clemence, one of the 

 original members of the Bureau, has been retired, and Mr. 

 CD. Richardson of "West Brooktield has been appointed by 

 His Excellency to fill the vacancy thus caused in the Bureau. 



The seventh annual report of the Bureau to the Legis- 

 lature will be found printed on pages 281-303 of this 

 volume. 



Gypsy Moth (Ocneria dispar^. 



The sum of $150,000 was appropriated by the Legislature 

 of 1897 for the continuation of the work of exterminating 

 this pest. The annual report of the committee in charge, 

 with appendix, will be found printed on pages 307—1:39 of 

 this volume. At the annual meeting of the Board, Jan. 12, 

 1898, the committee of 1897 was re-elected, to have charge 

 of the work in 1898, with the exception that Mr. N. I. Bow- 

 ditch of Framingham was elected in place of Mr. J. G. 

 Avery, whose term of service on the Board had expired. 



Sax Jose Scale. 



The ravages of injurious insects are an important factor 

 in the l)U8iness of agriculture, and the numl)er of kinds 

 with which our farmers and fruit growers have to con- 

 tend is being rapidly increased by the introduction of new 

 species from foreign countries. Among them are the San 

 Jose scale. The scale has been detected in a few nurseries 

 in the State by the agents of the Hatch Experiment Station. 

 I am happy to be able to state that in every case the owners 

 of such nurseries have taken suitable measures to rid their 

 premises of the pest. The scale has also been found on 

 fruit trees in private grounds in several localities in the 

 eastern part of the State, in which case treatment was ad- 

 vised. As an illustration of what may be accomplished, I 

 give an account of experience with an orchard of young 

 apple trees in Scituate, owned by Mr. E. E. Cole. The 

 orchard was inspected on ISlarch 2, 1897. Of 106 trees 

 in the orchard, 59 were found considerably infested, 12 of 



