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appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars for the pur- 

 pose asked for by the resolution of the Massachusetts Legis- 

 lature. The committee also presented the matter to Hon. 

 J. Sterling Morton, United States secretary of agriculture. 

 In each case the committee of the Board of Agriculture 

 was heard with great apparent interest and was treated 



with great courtesy. 



E. W. WOOD, 



WM. H. BOWKER, 

 AUGUSTUS PRATT, 



F. W. SARGENT, 

 WM. R. SESSIONS, 



Committee of the Board of Agriculture, in Charge of the 

 Qypsy Moth Work. 



