50 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9I5. 



lie might acquire a familiar knowledge of the insecticide law, its 

 purposes, and the methods of its enforcement has not been over- 

 looked. Necessary information has been disseminated through- 

 out the United States by means of form letters to State officials 

 and dealers and by the distribution of copies of the law, regula- 

 tions issued thereunder, and insecticide decisions, to members 

 of scientific societies, official representatives of foreign coun- 

 tries, and to those directly and indirectly connected with the 

 manufacture and sale of insecticides, Paris greens, lead arse- 

 nates, and fungicides. Approximately 65,000 public documents 

 of the character above described have been distributed, while 

 information has been further conveyed through the medium of 

 press notices summarizing insecticide decisions and other mat- 

 ters of general interest. A voluminous correspondence has 

 been conducted with persons who have been sufficiently inter- 

 ested in the law to make special inquiries. From the tenor of 

 the correspondence received at this department and from the 

 oral hearings which have been held it is evident that an over- 

 whelming majority of the manufacturers, jobbers, and dealers 

 of this countr}' desire to conform to the provisions of the act 

 and to accede to the opinions of this department respecting its 

 construction. It is hoped, therefore, that the publication of the 

 opinions and decisions of the department will give to manufac- 

 turers the information necessary to enable them to comply with 

 the law and thus avoid litigation." 



Discussion of Results. 



The law requires the publication of the results of the analyses 

 together with suoh addiitiomal information as may seem advis- 

 able. 



In this report the names of the dealers from whom the sam- 

 ples were obtained is not given as the articles are on general 

 sale. The particular dealer from whom these regular registered 

 and widely distributed articles were obtained is of no public 

 importance. 



Also the numerical results of the analyses are rarely given, 

 although full examination, chemical and otherwise, was made 

 so as to insure that the preparations were in conformity with 

 the law and with the statements contained in the certificates 

 and upon the packages. To publish the results of analyses 



