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much on the positive side. 



During the fall of 1S70, a soil sanpling survey was done 

 in western Massachusetts for the Golden Nematode of potato on 

 lands v;here potatoes are presently being grown. Vhile the 

 results of the survey vrere negative, work of this nature must 

 continue if v/e are to do evex^ything possible to prevent a new 

 pest from becoming established in Massachusetts. 

 PR0P0S5D LSGISLATIOII 



A noxious V/eed bill and the Plant Pest Compact v/ere two 

 items of legislation filed this year with the legislature and 

 at the end of the fiscal year action on both were still pending 

 in the legislature. 

 PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITISS 



This phase of our work continues to be on the increase 

 with more and more people calling the office, dropping in, or 

 writing a letter to get information on not only pest control, 

 but on an infinite variety of gardening questions. Statistics 

 on this type of thing include approximately 1000 telephone calls, 

 about 50 people in the office, 1,215 letters, and over 315 

 leaflets sent out, plus 250 requests for our list of Certified 

 Massachusetts Nurserymen. 



It should be noted that many of the telephone calls and 

 letters were from people v/ho wanted to control insects and dis- 

 eases but did not want to use pesticides. The pesticide situa- 

 tion this year has put a lot of people in a position of not 

 knowing just what to use, hov/ to use it, and whether or not 



