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19^5 as amended by Chapter 327 of 19^6, has been conducted at 

 Straits Pond over the pest several seasons, the towns of Hull 

 and Cohasset, In which Straits Pond is located, finaixie the 

 operation although the actual treatment is supervised by the 

 Reclamation Board. The ultimate goal, in this instance, is 

 the development of a single weed control application which will 

 serve to snuff out loth the vegetative and seed stage, thus 

 eliminating repeated treatments over several consecutive seasons* 

 It appears thst progress is being made in this direction, and 

 when the answer is within our grasp, this phase of nuisance 

 pest control mny be economically extended to numerous similar 

 weed nuisance arena* 



Over the past years, a considerable amount of readjust- 

 ment, in the control operations, conducted by Projects under 

 the Jurisdiction of the isoard, has occurred. The reorganization 

 of the Projects' activities followed thtt enactment of Chapter 

 521 of the Acts of 1962 which created a State Pesticide Board, 

 This regulatory agency was initiated to investigate pesticide 

 uses, and to formulate rules end regulations to eliminate ex- 

 cessive applications of various poisonous materials by pust 

 control operators. Action in this direction became necessary, 

 when public concern crystallized in regard to the potential 

 dangers Involved as the result of wholesale distribution of 

 pesticides through use of aeroplanes. 



As a preliminary to the drafting of rules and regulations, 

 affecting pesticide use, the Pesticide iioard has scheduled a 



