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Furthermore, it is held that the westernmost infestations, although sparse, are a 
greater threat to the corn crop of the country than the larger area in eastern Massa¬ 
chusetts and New Hampshire. 
The committee favors an energetic effort by the general government to control 
and, if possible, eradicate these outlying infestations by a reasonable clean-up of the 
infested territory, supplemented by a large scale test of the efficacy of modified 
cropping and the early destruction of infested corn, especially in the very sparsely 
infested portions of this area. 
The committee also recommends comprehensive measures in eastern Massachusetts 
to prevent an undue multiplication of the insect and a demonstration of the possi¬ 
bilities of controlling it by modifications in cropping and by the adoption of such 
other measures as may be practical. 
Furthermore a federal quarantine is recommended, restricted as to area, and apply¬ 
ing to corn on the cob and all other portions of the plant except shelled corn or 
milled grain and, if possible without serious commercial disturbances, the inclusion 
of other plants or plant products liable to be infested and commonly transported, 
such as broom corn, celery, chrysanthemums and gladioli except the bulbs thereof. 
Since the efficacy of the above measures depends in a very large degree upon the closest 
possible cooperation between federal officials and the various state agencies, it is recom¬ 
mended that detailed plans for control work be formulated and made public as early as 
possible and used as a general guide, at least for operations in the infested territory. 
It is further recommended that the secretary of agriculture be asked to reconsider 
the situation in view of the materially changed conditions resulting from investiga¬ 
tions of the last few months, and that he be urged to request of Congress a special 
appropriation of $1,000,000 to be immediately available for cleaning up the infested 
territories in the early spring along lines substantially as outlined above, and that 
the secretary be urged to advise Congress that an equal amount for corn borer 
work should be included in the Agricultural Appropriation Bill, this latter to be 
available for a continuance of operation during the next fiscal year. 
In view of the probability of other potentially injurious insects becoming established 
in this country in spite of quarantine and other precautions, and owing to the practical 
difficulties of securing immediate and effective action after the discovery of such an 
infestation, the committee would urge the desirability of the Bureau of Entomology 
having an emergency or reserve fund commensurate with the importance of the 
project, to be used for incipient work against such pest or pests, it being expected 
that-later operations would be contingent upon the preliminary investigations and 
field operations, and cared for, as in the past, by special authorization from Congress. 
E. D. Ball, 
W. C. O’Kane, 
A. F. Burgess, 
E. P. Felt, 
Herbert Osborn, 
W. D. Pierce, 
J. G. Sanders, 
George A. Dean, 
Committee. 
On motion, the item in the report referring to proposed appropria¬ 
tion for the control of the European corn borer was amended by 
reducing the amount to be immediately available from $1,000,000 to 
