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  5. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  combating 
  the 
  beetle 
  is 
  concerned 
  it 
  is 
  unnecessary 
  and 
  a 
  waste 
  

   of 
  time 
  to 
  dispose 
  of 
  trees 
  or 
  branches 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  dead 
  12 
  months 
  or 
  more, 
  

   because 
  the 
  broods 
  of 
  the 
  destructive 
  beetle 
  are 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  sucli 
  trees. 
  

  

  6. 
  Spraying 
  the 
  tops 
  or 
  branches 
  or 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  any 
  substance 
  as 
  a 
  pre- 
  

   ventive 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  recommended. 
  Nothing 
  will 
  save 
  a 
  tree 
  after 
  the 
  main 
  trunk 
  is 
  

   attacked 
  by 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  this 
  beetle 
  or 
  after' 
  the 
  bark 
  and 
  foliage 
  begin 
  to 
  die. 
  

  

  7. 
  The 
  injuries 
  to 
  the 
  twigs 
  by 
  this 
  beetle 
  do 
  not 
  require 
  treatment. 
  

  

  8. 
  The 
  bark 
  and 
  wood 
  of 
  dying 
  and 
  dead 
  trees 
  are 
  almost 
  invariably 
  infested 
  

   with 
  many 
  kinds 
  of 
  bark 
  and 
  wood-boring 
  insects 
  which 
  can 
  do 
  no 
  harm 
  to 
  living 
  

   trees. 
  Therefore 
  all 
  efforts 
  should 
  be 
  concentrated 
  on 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  the 
  broods 
  of 
  

   til 
  ; 
  hickory 
  barkbeetle, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  above 
  recommendations. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  insure 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  remaining 
  living 
  trees 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  that 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  large 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  infested 
  and 
  partially 
  dead 
  infested 
  

   tiees 
  found 
  within 
  an 
  entire 
  community 
  of 
  several 
  square 
  miles 
  be 
  disposed 
  of 
  within 
  

   a 
  single 
  season 
  to 
  kill 
  tlie 
  broods 
  of 
  this 
  beetle. 
  Therefore 
  there 
  should 
  be 
  concerted 
  

   action 
  by 
  all 
  owners 
  of 
  hickory 
  trees. 
  

  

  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  hickory 
  for 
  shade 
  and 
  nuts 
  and 
  for 
  many 
  com- 
  

   rijercial 
  wood 
  products 
  it 
  is 
  important 
  that 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  a 
  community, 
  county 
  or 
  

   state 
  who 
  are 
  in 
  any 
  manner 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  trees, 
  should 
  

   give 
  encouragement 
  and 
  support 
  to 
  any 
  concerted 
  or 
  cooperative 
  effort 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  owners 
  towards 
  the 
  proper 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  hickory 
  bark 
  beetle. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  an 
  extract 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Felt 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Mei'kel: 
  

   "Replying 
  to 
  yours 
  of 
  the 
  11th 
  inst. 
  I 
  would 
  state 
  that 
  Chapter 
  798 
  of 
  the 
  

   Laws 
  of 
  1911, 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  enclosed 
  herewith, 
  is, 
  in 
  my 
  estimation, 
  suffi- 
  

   ciently 
  comprehensive 
  to 
  include 
  such 
  an 
  insect 
  as 
  the 
  hickory 
  bark 
  borer." 
  

   "It 
  is 
  certainly 
  extremely 
  unfortunate 
  that 
  trees 
  past 
  hope 
  and 
  infested 
  by 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  insects 
  liable 
  to 
  destroy 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity, 
  should 
  be 
  left 
  

   standing 
  through 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  the 
  pests 
  allowed 
  to 
  mature 
  and 
  continue 
  

   their 
  nefarious 
  work, 
  especially 
  as 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  checked 
  at 
  a 
  comparatively 
  

   slight 
  expense 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  measures 
  which 
  ultimately 
  must 
  be 
  

   carried 
  out 
  unless 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  allowed 
  to 
  decay 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  I 
  am 
  much 
  in- 
  

   terested 
  in 
  the 
  matter." 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  extracts 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Felt 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary, 
  

   under 
  date 
  of 
  Nov. 
  21, 
  1911: 
  

  

  "Your 
  of 
  the 
  19th 
  is 
  at 
  hand 
  and 
  it 
  gives 
  me 
  pleasure 
  to 
  enclose 
  herewith 
  

   a 
  copy 
  of 
  a 
  circular 
  summarizing 
  the 
  hickory 
  bark 
  beetle 
  situation 
  in 
  this 
  

   State 
  and 
  suggesting 
  the 
  prompt 
  adoption 
  of 
  remedial 
  measures. 
  This 
  pest, 
  

   as 
  you 
  are 
  doubtless 
  aware, 
  is 
  very 
  injurious 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  responsible 
  for 
  

   the 
  destruction 
  of 
  thousands 
  of 
  hickories, 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  valley 
  but 
  

   also 
  during 
  recent 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  weeks 
  

   ago 
  we 
  found 
  a 
  rather 
  bad 
  infestation 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Tivoli 
  You 
  are 
  

   doubtless 
  familiar 
  with 
  my 
  article 
  on 
  this 
  pest, 
  published 
  in 
  Insects 
  Affecting 
  

   Park 
  and 
  Woodland 
  Trees, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  Museum 
  Memoir 
  8, 
  Volume 
  1, 
  pages 
  

   275-79." 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association, 
  held 
  

   December 
  14th 
  and 
  15th, 
  1911, 
  at 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

   Cornell 
  University, 
  Ithaca, 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  following 
  resolutions 
  were 
  adopted: 
  

  

  "Be 
  it 
  resolved 
  that, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  distribution 
  and 
  rapid 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  

   disease 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  "Chestnut 
  Blight," 
  especially 
  among 
  the 
  American 
  

   species, 
  we 
  express 
  our 
  hearty 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  efforts 
  being 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  fed- 
  

   eral 
  government, 
  the 
  several 
  state 
  departments, 
  and 
  especially 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  

   the 
  Pennsylvania 
  state 
  legislature 
  in 
  appropriating 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $275,000 
  to 
  aid 
  

   in 
  studying 
  and 
  combating 
  this 
  dread 
  disase; 
  and 
  

  

  