No. 4.] 



THE GYPSY MOTH. 



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The following is the financial report for 1894 of the gypsy, 

 moth department of the State Board of Agriculture : — 



Since the above report was completed, the Board of Agri- 

 culture received notice from the agricultural committee of 

 the United States Senate that it would give a hearing on 

 Friday, Jan. 4, 1895, upon the resolve of the last Massa- 

 chusetts Legislature, adopted by the House of Representa- 

 tives May 17, 1894, and ])y the Senate May 21, 1894, 

 requesting ' ' the Senators and Representatives from this 

 Commonwealth in the Congress of the United States to urge 

 upon Congress the necessity of prompt and vigorous action 

 to exterminate said pest (gypsy moth), and to use their 

 influence to secure from Congress an appropriation of one 

 hundred thousand dollars to assist this Commonwealth in 

 defraying the necessary expenses of the work." 



A committee of the Board of Agriculture, consisting of 

 Francis H. Appleton and Wm. R. Sessions, with Director 

 of Field Work E. H. Forbush as expert, appeared before 

 said committee and also before the committee on agriculture 

 of the United States House of Representatives, on January 

 5, at a special hearing upon a resolution introduced into 

 Congress by Hon. William Cogswell, which provided for an 



