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The cloth and carpet insect insecticides consist practically of 

 napthaline, which is more or less effective for these pests. The 

 results of the examination are given on pages 43 and 44. 



Poison fly paper consists of a paper soaked in water to which 

 has been added water soluble arsenic and then dried. The 

 results of the examination are given on page 44. They are all 

 practically what they claim and are effective. 



The blackfly and mosquito repellents are composed of such 

 materials as oil of citronella, oil of cedar, oil of lavender, creo- 

 sote, tar, camphor, etc., that have some power of driving black- 

 flies and mosquitoes, and of materials as oils and vaseline that 

 help allay the irritation to the skin produced by the repellents 

 themselves. The oils also have some repellent proiperties. 

 When freshly applied these repellents are more or less helpful 

 in repelling these annoying and in some instances dangerous 

 insects. The tabulated results of the examination are given on 

 page 45. 



Miscellaneous Fungicides and Insecticides. There were quite 

 a number of fungicides and insecticides registered which were 

 not sampled in 1914. From the filed certificates it was not 

 readily determined for what purpose they were sold. These are 

 given together, arranged alphabetically, with the name and 

 address of the manufacturer and the claims made on the certifi- 

 cates. The tables are on pages 46 and 47. 



STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE OF THE LAW. 

 A. M. G. SouLE, Chief Bureau of Inspections. 



The inspection and registration of fungicides and insecticides 

 have occasioned considerable labor, especially in the way of cor- 

 respondence, due to the fact that the law in the State of Maine 

 is somewhat different from the law regulating the sale of these 

 commodities in other States. As this law is of comparatively 

 recent enactment, we have found it to be not thoroughly under- 

 stood by many oft"ering these products for sale as to just what 

 constitutes an insecticide under the definition of the statute, 

 which seems to cover rather a wider range than was probably 

 originally intended ; however, according to the definition in the 

 statute, insecticides include Paris green, lead arsenate and "any 



