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seeds mixed with those of destructive and troublesome
. pests. I l
' Our Nursery Inspection Law, also, needs revision in the
light of our experience of aboutfourteen years in holding
in check the dissemination of fruit pests by means of it.
It is not an up-to-date law and will never permit us to do _
_ the work we should in controlling the spread of San Jose
scale and other pests.
In the office, laboratory and insectary, the usual corre-A
spondence with reference to plant pests and forage plants,
etc., has been done, together with the study of the life-
histories of insects brought to our attention by farmers and
, - others. Among other things, a large number of samples of
waters have been tested for bacteria and studied with ref-
erence to other organisms. Many of these were sent us by
physicians and boards of health in different parts of the i
State. We believe we have accomplished good in showing
· our people something of what constitutes a good drinking
water. This work is now provided for by appropriation
from the State and should go largely to the State Board of
Health. However, there are some phases of the subject
t t properly the work of the Station, under the law establishing
. it, and it is proposed to continue some of the work as oppor-
. `. tunity permits.
» The study of nodule bacteria with a view to learning the
relations and characters of the different species and forms,
( ' has been prosecuted continuously. V
The work on the corn worm has been continued, as
noted in other reports.
— Division of Fertilizer Control Work. During the year,
555 brands of fertilizer_ were registered by 49 different
firms. Samples representing all these different brands of
' fertilizer have been analyzed in the laboratory and, in addi-
tion, 458 samples, representing nearly all of these brands,
collected by our inspectors during the spring and fall sea-
sons and sent in by farmers, making a total of 1,013 sam-
ples analyzed. ·