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  Professor 
  Craig 
  : 
  Should 
  not 
  the 
  Secretary 
  be 
  empowered 
  to 
  send 
  

   a 
  copy 
  of 
  those 
  resolutions 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture? 
  I 
  

   think 
  the 
  motion 
  includes 
  that. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  this 
  disease 
  is 
  of 
  as 
  much 
  importance 
  

   to 
  other 
  states 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Pennsylvania, 
  and 
  that 
  this 
  

   sentiment, 
  as 
  this 
  action 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  a 
  sentiment 
  of 
  the 
  Association, 
  

   should 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  in 
  other 
  states, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Associ- 
  

   ation. 
  I 
  would 
  make 
  that 
  as 
  a 
  motion, 
  that 
  the 
  sentiment 
  of 
  this 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  state 
  action 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  be 
  

   pressed 
  upon 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  in 
  each 
  state 
  where 
  that 
  

   disease 
  is 
  prevalent. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Shall 
  we 
  make 
  Mr. 
  Reed's 
  motion 
  take 
  the 
  place 
  

   of 
  Doctor 
  Deming's? 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming 
  : 
  I 
  would 
  accept 
  that 
  as 
  an 
  amended 
  motion. 
  

   ( 
  Carried. 
  ) 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  Inasmuch 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  gone 
  that 
  far, 
  should 
  we 
  

   not 
  take 
  another 
  step, 
  and 
  that 
  is, 
  fearing 
  lest 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Secre- 
  

   tary 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  should 
  feel 
  slighted, 
  should 
  we 
  not 
  as 
  the 
  Northern 
  

   Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association 
  draw 
  his 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  here 
  is 
  a 
  

   serious 
  disease 
  sweeping 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  

   representing 
  a 
  very 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  his 
  domain, 
  and 
  ask 
  his 
  aid 
  

   and 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  various 
  states 
  which 
  are 
  attempting 
  to 
  do 
  such 
  

   good 
  work? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Will 
  that 
  have 
  to 
  go 
  as 
  another 
  .motion 
  or 
  as 
  an 
  

   amendment 
  to 
  Doctor 
  Deming 
  's? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  I 
  move 
  that 
  a 
  resolution 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  type 
  be 
  

   passed, 
  and 
  forwarded 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States. 
  (Carried.) 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilcox 
  : 
  May 
  I 
  ask 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  gentlemen 
  who 
  have 
  experience 
  

   along 
  this 
  line 
  if 
  we 
  may 
  look 
  for 
  any 
  cure 
  or 
  help 
  for 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  future, 
  

   and 
  if 
  so, 
  along 
  what 
  lines 
  will 
  it 
  be 
  possible, 
  along 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  isolation, 
  

   of 
  natural 
  enemies, 
  or 
  some 
  other 
  preventive 
  or 
  cure? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  Yes, 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  if 
  anyone 
  has 
  a 
  definite 
  

   proposition 
  beyond 
  the 
  one 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  proposed, 
  restricting 
  it 
  by 
  

   cutting 
  out 
  the 
  advance 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  blight. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  

   the 
  only 
  j)roposition 
  so 
  far. 
  We 
  certainly 
  can't 
  kill 
  off 
  the 
  birds 
  that 
  

   will 
  carry 
  off 
  blight 
  on 
  their 
  feet. 
  We 
  don't 
  know 
  if 
  a 
  fungous 
  enemy 
  

   is 
  likely 
  to 
  follow 
  it 
  up, 
  or 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  weak 
  species, 
  brought 
  into 
  activity 
  

   by 
  certain 
  conditions, 
  w^hich 
  will 
  be 
  brought 
  back 
  to 
  its 
  normal 
  mode 
  of 
  

   life 
  again. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  that 
  anything 
  definite 
  could 
  be 
  stated 
  till 
  we 
  

   know 
  more 
  about 
  it. 
  

  

  