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  the 
  injuries, 
  because 
  during 
  the 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  years 
  I 
  was 
  there 
  after 
  

   that, 
  we 
  had 
  no 
  dead 
  hickories 
  from 
  that 
  cause. 
  

  

  That 
  is 
  evidently 
  the 
  only 
  method 
  of 
  getting 
  at 
  them. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  

   wondered 
  if 
  we 
  might 
  not 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  and 
  

   ask 
  him 
  to 
  take 
  this 
  matter 
  in 
  hand 
  and 
  force 
  people 
  to 
  cooperate, 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  it 
  has 
  become 
  a 
  rather 
  serious 
  problem. 
  It 
  is 
  evident 
  from 
  a 
  per- 
  

   usal 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  power 
  to 
  do 
  that, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  if 
  this 
  Nut 
  

   Growers' 
  Association 
  wishes 
  to 
  pass 
  resolutions 
  to 
  bring 
  before 
  Com- 
  

   missioner 
  Pearson, 
  they 
  might 
  induce 
  him 
  to 
  take 
  some 
  steps 
  to 
  control 
  

   this 
  hickory 
  bark 
  borer. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  If 
  we 
  have 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  hickory 
  bark 
  borer 
  

   can 
  destroy 
  ninety 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  hickory 
  trees 
  on 
  an 
  estate 
  so 
  well 
  

   cared 
  for 
  as 
  the 
  Wadsworth 
  estate, 
  it 
  indicates 
  a 
  menace 
  to 
  the 
  whole 
  

   hickory 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  North. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  this 
  fact, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  possi- 
  

   bility 
  of 
  ninety 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  our 
  hickory 
  trees 
  being 
  destroyed 
  by 
  this 
  

   beetle, 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  we 
  should 
  ask 
  our 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agricul- 
  

   ture 
  to 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  matter, 
  as 
  he 
  has 
  taken 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  

   bark 
  disease, 
  requiring 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  in 
  disposing 
  of 
  a 
  

   question 
  which 
  is 
  so 
  vital 
  among 
  the 
  economic 
  problems 
  of 
  our 
  state. 
  Is 
  

   there 
  any 
  discussion 
  on 
  this 
  paper? 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  read 
  an 
  extract 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  ad- 
  

   dressed 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  H. 
  W. 
  Merkel, 
  Forester 
  of 
  the 
  Bronx 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  : 
  

  

  "Under 
  Chapter 
  798 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  passed 
  

   on 
  July 
  26th, 
  1911, 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  is 
  authorized 
  and 
  

   charged 
  with 
  preventing 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  just 
  such 
  pests 
  as 
  the 
  Hickory 
  

   bark-borer, 
  and 
  if 
  this 
  matter 
  be 
  called 
  to 
  his 
  attention 
  promptly 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  light 
  way 
  by 
  such 
  responsible 
  and 
  interested 
  parties 
  as 
  the 
  

   Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association, 
  there 
  is, 
  undoubtedly, 
  still 
  time 
  to 
  

   check 
  the 
  further 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  pest. 
  We 
  have 
  from 
  now 
  until 
  June 
  

   (the 
  time 
  when 
  a 
  new 
  generation 
  of 
  beetles 
  will 
  emerge) 
  to 
  take 
  what- 
  

   ever 
  action 
  is 
  necessary, 
  and 
  I 
  urge 
  upon 
  you 
  to 
  persuade 
  the 
  Nut 
  

   Growers' 
  Association 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  necessary 
  steps. 
  I 
  would 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  

   have 
  a 
  conference 
  with 
  you 
  on 
  this 
  matter, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  help 
  

   you 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  you 
  wish." 
  

  

  I 
  would 
  suggest 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  a 
  committee 
  to 
  draw 
  up 
  a 
  

   strong 
  set 
  of 
  resolutions 
  to 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  perhaps 
  of 
  other 
  states, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  De- 
  

   partment 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  (Referred 
  to 
  Executive 
  Committee 
  for 
  re- 
  

   port.) 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  We 
  will 
  have 
  next 
  in 
  order 
  the 
  paper 
  by 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Lake 
  on 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  in 
  California. 
  

  

  