Qg 468, there a 

 hat time. Th 

 ne was 242. 

 ar 1 89 1, covered by the 



Massachusetts, 

 tance of its occur- 

 5 had been audien- 



ce for use on this occasion a type-written copy c 

 before the Massachusetts State Board of Agricu 

 eember last, I am able to make extracts therefrom relat 

 to the operations of last year (1892) : 



The appropriation made by the Legislature to the St 

 Board of Agriculture for the prosecution of the work in ii 

 was $75,000. Operations were conducted much in the sa 

 manner as in the preceding year, but after thoroughly test 

 jne principal means of control utilized in this country and 

 Europe for this and similar insects, they proved to be ina 

 qiiate, and new measures were experimented with and e 

 Ployed when their value became established. 



Thus it was found that arsenical spraving, upon which mi 

 aependence had been placed, failed to kill the larger and m. 

 vigorous larvae. Insecticides that kill by contact were the 



