NINTH ANNUAL KEPORT OF THE STATE NURSERY 



INSPECTOR. 



To (he State Board of Agriculture. 



1 have the honor to submit herewith the ninth annual 

 report of the State NTursery Inspector. 



The ordinary work of inspection during 1910 was, in part, 

 of its customary nature, 146 different places having been 

 visited, controlled by 136 owners. Of these, 117 received 

 certificates; in 10 cases the nurseries were in such condition 

 that certificates were not issued ; 7 persons have no stock this 

 year, though they do not intend to discontinue the business, 

 and 2 have decided to become agents hereafter. 



The usual inspection this year found a considerable in- 

 crease in the amount of nursery stock grown in Massachu- 

 setts. There ^vas also a noticeable increase in the cost of living 

 while at work ; and enough days were lost by rain to make this 

 an appreciable factor in the cost. It became evident, before 

 the work was completed, that the appropriation would be in- 

 sufficient to accomplish what is required by law, and accord- 

 ingly the situation was placed before His Excellency the 

 Governor and the Council. As a result, an additional appro- 

 priation of $100 was received, but even with this addition 

 the work has exceeded the appropriation by about $250, which 

 has thus far been carried by the inspectors themselves. 



It was stated in the last annual report of this office that, in 

 spite of all possible precaution, a gypsy moth egg mass would 

 probably some day escape discovery, and be shipped with the 

 stock. This prediction became a fact last spring, though of 

 several cases reported only one proved to have been on stock 

 examined by the inspectors. The States where the infested 

 stock was received, however, were very much disturbed by 

 finding gypsy and brown-tail moths coming into their terri- 



