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cherry seedlings. Now perhaps you do not realize that this may be a 

 rather dangerous thing for apple growing, and in fact for the growing 

 of fruit trees of all kinds. And possibly you may not know that the 

 brown-tailed moth is present in this country. The state of INIassachusetts 

 has been appropriating all the way from fifteen to twenty thousand 

 dollars for fighting this pest and the gypsy moth also. Likewise with 

 the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the other states in which 

 these insects are being found, and unless the proper methods are pur- 

 sued, this pest is liable to become distributed over the entire country. 

 The brown-tailed moth multiplies very rapidly, it safe to say that the 

 off-spring of a single brown-tailed moth is in the neighborhoods of one 

 thousand caterpillars. They hatch just before winter sets in and live 

 within that web during the winter. These webs hang to the trees. Cer- 

 tainly we do not want either the brown-tailed moth nor the gypsy moth 

 here. The gypsy moth is an insect found throughout Japan and in 

 Africa and Europe. The brown-tailed moth is even more widely spread, 

 for it is often driven for long distances. It is in the New England states, 

 and it is to our interest out in this part of the country to see that it is 

 confined to one part of the United States as much as possible. 



(Some stereoptican views, illustrating the methods of reproduction, 

 etc., of these insects were shown here). 



The President: We will now have the Secreary's report. 



REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



In connection with my duties as secretary during the past year, the 

 best indication that horticultural work and interest in Nebraska is grow- 

 ing is the continued increasing demand for our annual reports and bulle- 

 tins. This growing demand for horticutural information is due no 

 doubt in a large degree to the efforts and results accomplished in the 

 work of the Farmers' Institutes. It is through these Insitutes and lec- 

 tures that the right class of people are reached and interested in our 

 work. As has been suggested several times in our meetings, this in- 

 terest in horticulture should be maintained and pushed still further to in- 

 clude the younger men, those who expect to come to the State Farm to 

 school. They should be shown the direct value and practical side of 

 horticulture along with their other agricultural studies and work. 



Since our last meeting I have sent out 8675 of our annual reports. 

 This number includes many of cur old back reports, which for several 

 years have been stored in the room of the State Historiacl Society at 

 the University. And of all these reports sent out nearly all of them have 

 Sent direct to the Farmers' Institutes. And now that the number of 

 Institutes is increasing so rapidly, we will not be able to furnish as many 

 reports as heretofore. It will be necessary to either cut down on the 



