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  in 
  red. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  survey 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  entire 
  Hudson 
  River 
  

   Valley, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Albany, 
  is 
  

   now 
  infected. 
  In 
  fact, 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  general 
  opinion 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  use 
  

   whatever 
  to 
  attempt 
  in 
  any 
  waj' 
  to 
  save 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  this 
  locality. 
  Very 
  

   fortunately 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  strip 
  of 
  territory 
  which 
  is 
  almost 
  solid 
  spruce 
  

   forest, 
  and 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  almost 
  absolutely 
  no 
  chestnut 
  trees. 
  We 
  

   have 
  already, 
  then, 
  abandoned 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Valley, 
  but 
  with 
  this 
  

   great 
  natural 
  barrier, 
  you 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  relatively 
  easy, 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  concerned, 
  to 
  put 
  some 
  sort 
  of 
  an 
  arti- 
  

   ticial 
  barrier 
  across 
  the 
  little 
  neck 
  there. 
  This 
  all 
  depends 
  on 
  what 
  can 
  

   be 
  done 
  in 
  Pennsylvania. 
  This 
  cross-hatching 
  of 
  red 
  along 
  the 
  Dela- 
  

   ware 
  River 
  represents 
  an 
  area 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  infection 
  is 
  only 
  partial, 
  

   and 
  the 
  few 
  dots 
  of 
  red 
  shown 
  about 
  Binghamton 
  represent 
  localities 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  blight 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  exterminated. 
  The 
  diseased 
  trees 
  

   have 
  been 
  taken 
  out, 
  stumps 
  killed, 
  and 
  bark 
  burned. 
  We 
  are 
  in 
  hopes 
  

   the 
  disease 
  will 
  not 
  reappear 
  there. 
  I 
  don't 
  believe 
  things 
  have 
  been 
  

   definitely 
  settled 
  at 
  Albany 
  in 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  where 
  

   the 
  control 
  work 
  naturally 
  lies, 
  but 
  Commissioner 
  Pearson 
  is 
  very 
  

   anxious 
  that 
  something 
  be 
  done 
  to 
  try 
  to 
  control 
  or 
  prevent 
  the 
  further 
  

   spread 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  in 
  our 
  state. 
  Plans 
  are 
  being 
  made 
  so 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  men 
  will 
  be 
  located 
  in 
  this 
  territory 
  next 
  summer, 
  making 
  

   very 
  careful 
  inspection, 
  removing 
  the 
  occasional 
  diseased 
  trees, 
  killing 
  

   stumps, 
  and 
  burning 
  bark 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  forester 
  will 
  be 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   work, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  advising 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  diseased 
  

   timber. 
  I 
  might 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  our 
  state 
  agricultural 
  

   law. 
  as 
  it 
  now 
  reads, 
  empowers 
  our 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  to 
  

   quarantine 
  against 
  this 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  dangerous 
  fungous 
  disease, 
  — 
  a 
  

   very 
  broad 
  step 
  from 
  what 
  it 
  was 
  before 
  that 
  time, 
  when 
  the 
  only 
  

   fimgous 
  disease 
  he 
  had 
  any 
  power 
  to 
  act 
  against 
  was 
  the 
  black 
  knot 
  of 
  

   plums. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  From 
  the 
  chart, 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  disease 
  is 
  more 
  

   common 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  streams 
  and 
  bodies 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Reddick 
  : 
  That 
  is 
  an 
  observation 
  that 
  has 
  often 
  been 
  

   recorded. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  How 
  is 
  it 
  elsewhere 
  than 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Collins: 
  The 
  question 
  has 
  been 
  asked 
  more 
  often 
  than 
  

   otherwise, 
  why 
  do 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  disease 
  on 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  hills 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  

   water? 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  isn't 
  a 
  sufficient 
  amount 
  of 
  evidence 
  or 
  observa- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  that 
  point 
  to 
  say 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  common 
  near 
  or 
  away 
  from 
  

   bodies 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  I 
  will 
  call 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  one 
  experiment 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  performed 
  

   by 
  anybody 
  with 
  the 
  microscope. 
  Take 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  spore 
  

   horns 
  or 
  threads, 
  put 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  drop 
  of 
  water 
  on 
  a 
  microscope 
  slide. 
  Inside 
  

  

  