THE ANNUAL MEETING. 1?5 



At each meeting during the year there has not only been a quorum present, 

 but nearly every member. 



At the Hillsdale meeting the premium list for the annual fair was discussed, 

 amended, and submitted to the secretary to prepare for the printer; some new 

 features adopted for the report of 1880; the business committee, consisting of 

 Messrs. Chilson, Mann, and Guild, were chosen ; the superintendents of the 

 various departments of the fair selected ; a resolution adopted authorizing the 

 secretary to confer with the department of public instruction upon the embel- 

 lishment of country school grounds; a series of articles of association adopted 

 for use of branch societies; and the secretary instructed to go into the 

 field and assist in organization of auxiliary societies. Aside from the above a 

 resolution was adopted to offer premiums for most successful work accom- 

 plished in destroying the codling moth. 



The plan of the premiums I can best explain by reproducing here the circu- 

 lar issued, with the suggestions of Prof. Cook which accompanied it: 



To the fruit growers of Michigan : 



At the winter meeting of the Michigan State Pomological Society the executive 

 board decided to offer premiums for the most persistent and best-directed endeavors 

 to combat the codling moth. Two premiums are now offered, a first of $50, and a 

 second of $25, subject to the following provisions: 



First, Societies, granges, municipalities, and neighborhoods can compete for the 

 premiums. 



Second, Notice of intention to compete for premiums must be filed with Secretary 

 Chas. W. Garfield, at Grand Rapids, before June 10, 1880. 



Third, The area covered, the number of trees protected, the number of larvae or 

 moths destroyed; the method used, the effort put forth, and the general success at- 

 tained, will all be considerations in making the awards. 



Fourth, A complete statement will be required of each competitor as to the work 

 accomplished, manner of it, and information acquired, accompanied by an affidavit 

 of its correctness, the same to be filed with the Secretary of the State Pomological 

 Society on or before December 1, 1880. 



Fifth, The executive board of the State Pomological Society will act as awarding 

 committee, and the right is reserved to withhold all premiums in case the committee 

 consider no effort worthy of a prize. 



C. W. GARFIELD, 

 Secretary State Pomological Society. 



The accompanying suggestions concerning the band method of combating 

 the codling moth may be of use to any who desire to avail themselves of the 

 above offer : 



PREPARATION FOR BANDS. 



The rough bark should be scraped from the trees before June 20. Old bird nests 

 should be removed from beneath them. 



KIND OP BANDS. 



The bands should be either of woolen cloth or heavy paper — carpet-paper is beet. 

 Each band should be four inches wide, and long enough to reach around the tree with 

 sufficient lap to be readily tacked. 



HOW TO ADJUST. 



First tack the band to the tree at one end, driving the tack to the head; then wind 

 the band close about the tree till the other end laps over the tack already driven. 

 This end is then secured by a second tack, which should not be driven quite to the 

 head. 



TIME TO ADJUST. 



The bands should be in place by June 20. They need be put only on such trees as 

 are in bearing. 



