No. 4.] REPORT OF SECRETARY. xxi 



It is to be regretted that owing to the lapse of the work 

 suppression and not extermination must now be the aim ; 

 but that was inevitable, and is now past history. I note 

 with pleasure that the agitation for national aid, commenced 

 hy this Board many years ago, has at last borne fruit in the 

 shape of an appropriation of $82,500 for the suppression of 

 the moths in New England. This appropriation will un- 

 doubtedly be renewed and perhaps increased for 1907. One 

 pleasing feature of this matter is the hearty aid in securing 

 this appropriation given by certain former opponents of the 

 work. The report of the committee on gypsy moth, insects 

 and birds will be submitted to you. I have nothing of 

 especial importance to add to that report. 



Crop Reports. 

 The publication of monthly crop reports has been carried 

 on as in former years. The special articles included in these 

 reports were : " The home garden," by Prof. F. W. Rane ; 

 "Some causes affecting the profits of dairying," by Prof. 

 F. S. Cooley ; " Clovers : their value, characteristics of vari- 

 eties and methods of production," by Prof. Wm. P. Brooks ; 

 " Some practical phases of poultry feeding," by John H. 

 Robinson; "Cranberry culture," by Lucian J. Fosdick ; 

 and "Peach culture," by Prof. F. A. Waugh. Calls came 

 in in such numbers for the report containing the article on 

 the home garden that the extra supply was exhausted almost 

 at once, while our supply of those containing the articles on 

 clovers and poultry feeding have been exhausted for some 

 time, and we have but few of the l)ulletins on cranberry 

 culture on hand. The edition was further increased during: 

 the year, from 4,300 in May to 4,700 in September and 

 October. Increased editions mean of course increased ex- 

 pense, and here we find another argument for an increase in 

 our appropriation for " dissemination." 



Nature Leaflets. 

 But one new leaflet was issued during the year 1906, viz., 

 No. 33, on "Three common scale insects," by Dr. H. T. 

 Fernald. This leaflet contains information on the San Jose 

 scale, and has been found very useful. 



