PROPOSED LEGISLATION 



During the fiscal year, the department had two bills concerning 

 Plant Pest Control. One was a Noxious Weed Bill which was essentially 

 adding to our present Chapter 128, Section 2k, and the other was The 

 Pest Control Compact. Both bills were pending in the legislature at 

 the close of the fiscal year. 

 PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITIES 



As a public service, this division throughout the year answers 

 many questions on all types of Agriculture as well as pest control. 

 These questions are received in various forms with the complete 

 breakdown as follows: Number of inquiries by telephone, 1,051; 

 persons visiting the office. 29; letters received, 2,230; and leaf- 

 lets sent out including nursery lists, 3^6. 



A quick check with last year's report will indicate that there 

 was an increase of correspondence with the general public. It is 

 felt that more and more people are concerned with the pesticide 

 problem as well as other methods of insect and plant disease control. 

 Many of the calls received are from people who want answers to their 

 gardening problems, and find the Department is one of the few places 

 available for information. A partial listing of the inquiries re- 

 ceived relative to Plant Pest Control is as follows: 



Earwigs Mildew 



Vegetable growing Ants 



Carpenter Ants Wasps 



Sprays Japanese Beetles 



Lawn care Poison Ivy Control 



Diseased bees Fruit growing 



Tennites Stored Grain Pests 



Pesticide Licenses Currant & Gooseberry permits 



Elm tree diseases Carp<=t Beetles 



Flower Gardens Gypsy Moth Information 



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