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chusetts under the direction of Mr. L. H. Worthley, detailed from the 
U. S. Bureau of Entomology for this work, in a systematic effort to 
clean up the entire infested area. Unfortunately, the money became 
available so late in the season that it was not possible to do very satis¬ 
factory work. 
The state of New York expended nearly $100,000 in a rather thor¬ 
ough clean-up of all of the then known infested area and generally 
speaking exceedingly satisfactory results were obtained. The work 
was done in the belief that there were two generations of the borer in 
the New York area and that there would be substantial assistance 
from the federal government. This latter, so far as clean-up work is 
concerned, has not materialized. Developments late in the season 
clearly demonstrated that there was but one generation in the New 
York areas and a correspondingly slight injury. In other words, 
control and extermination in the cooler portions of the corn growing 
area of New York state, the parts now infested by this insect, is of 
much greater importance to the country as a whole, particularly the 
middle and southern corn growing states and is, therefore, a national 
rather than a state problem. 
The work against the European corn borer both in 1917 and 1918, 
by the state of Massachusetts and the Federal Bureau of Entomology, 
was practically limited to investigations which latter have been pub¬ 
lished in bulletins cited above. 
The American Plant Pest Committee should be credited with being 
the first organization to so fully appreciate the serious nature of the 
European corn borer as to adopt measures which resulted in the intro¬ 
duction in the United States Senate of a bill (S. 5290) appropriating 
$500,000 for work against this pest. Unfortunately, representatives 
of the Bureau of Entomology did not at that time see the need of any 
such large appropriation and desirable cooperation was lacking. It 
was intimated that representatives of the bureau were then willing 
that a moderate sum, $25,000, be appropriated for practical work 
pending the acquisition of more information during the season of 1919. 
This was before the insect had been discovered in New York state. 
Shortly after the Scotia, N. Y., infestation was reported, the secretary 
of agriculture was prepared to recommend $100,000 for control work 
and very soon thereafter the sum was increased to $500,000. An 
item for this amount was eventually included in the agricultural bill, 
which later failed to pass because of the filibuster at the end of the 
session of the last Congress. The Agricultural Appropriation Bill 
passed by the special session of Congress contained an item of but 
$250,000 instead of the figure accepted by the previous Congress. 
This bill passed and the amount named became available early in 
