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striking example of what an enterprising and public-spirited 

 community can and will do for the protection of its trees. 



The results which have transpired in recent ^^ears fully 

 vindicate the attitude taken by this committee, — an atti- 

 tude which, althougii once severely criticised, is now loudly 

 praised. Present conditions in the moth-infested district 

 have verified every prediction made by your committee in 

 1900, and the great public value of the former work of this 

 Board has now become fully established. While it is greatly 

 to be regretted that there should have been any cessation in 

 the work against the moths, and that this large expense in 

 combating them is now necessar}', at the same time, your 

 committee believes that it is its duty to look forward and 

 not backward, and to aid and assist in every proper way in 

 a vigorous prosecution of the State and national warfare 

 against these two serious insect pests. 



Respectfully submitted, 



AUGUSTUS PRATT. 

 JOHN M. DANFORTH. 

 W. C. JEWETT. 

 HENRY H. LEACH. 

 WALTER D. ROSS. 

 J. LEWIS ELLSWORTH. 



