1906.] THE GYPSY MOTH. 7I 



resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in 

 Congress." 



It is no secret, gentlemen, that the gypsy and brown-tail 

 moth which have been so long a scourge in Massachusetts 

 have already crossed the line into New Hampshire and into 

 Rhode Island. A kind Providence has spared Connecticut 

 from the ravages of these insects thus far. We do not know 

 how long that intervention will continue. Any automobile 

 or any railroad car coming out of the infected section is liable 

 to bring them into this State. It has become more than a 

 local question. It has become a question of national impor- 

 tance. The presence of these pests is a serious menace to our 

 agricultural interests. The resolution introduced into Con- 

 gress proposes that the national government shall take a hand 

 in suppressing these pests, and this resolution is simply to 

 represent the sentiment of this body of farmers assembled in 

 convention. We are requested to urge our Senators and 

 Representatives in Congress to use every effort in favor of the 

 passage of these resolutions. 



The President. Any one second the resolution? 



A Member. I second the motion, Mr. President. 



The President. Are there any remarks.? 



Secretary Brown. Mr. Chairman, Professor Wheeler of 

 the Rhode Island Agricultural College is present. He is Secre- 

 tary of the Federation of Agricultural Clubs in the State of 

 Rhode Island, and has this matter in charge for that State. 

 I would like to ask Professor Wheeler if he would say a word 

 in regard to these resolutions. 



» 

 PROFESSOR WHEELER. 



Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen: I will say that the 

 people in Rhode Island have been very much asleep on this 

 gypsy moth question. I have been one of the worst of the 

 sinners. Last season I went through some of the infected dis- 



