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  That 
  we 
  urge 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  continued 
  efforts 
  along 
  these 
  lines, 
  and 
  

   sinailar 
  action 
  in 
  all 
  other 
  states 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  chestnut 
  species 
  is 
  of 
  commer- 
  

   cial 
  importance, 
  either 
  for 
  timber 
  or 
  nut 
  purposes. 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  secretary 
  be 
  instructed 
  to 
  send 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  these 
  resolutions 
  to 
  the 
  

   Hon. 
  James 
  Wilson, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  at 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  or 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Experiment 
  Stations 
  of 
  the 
  

   states 
  within 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  his 
  judgment, 
  the 
  chestnut 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  

   of 
  sufficient 
  importance 
  to 
  justify 
  such 
  action. 
  

  

  Attention 
  is 
  called 
  especially 
  to 
  Farmers' 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  467, 
  "The 
  Control 
  

   of 
  the 
  Chestnut 
  Bark 
  Disease," 
  Issued 
  Oct. 
  2Sth, 
  1911, 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  of 
  

   Agriculture. 
  

  

  And 
  be 
  it 
  further 
  resolved 
  that, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  depredations 
  in 
  various 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  by 
  the 
  "Hickory 
  Bark 
  Beetle," 
  to 
  which 
  attention 
  has 
  

   been 
  called 
  by 
  a 
  press 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  by 
  a 
  

   circular 
  issued 
  by 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  P 
  Felt, 
  Entomologist 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

   by 
  an 
  article 
  entitled 
  "Warning; 
  — 
  The 
  Hickory 
  Bark 
  Borer 
  is 
  with 
  Us," 
  by 
  

   Herman 
  W. 
  Merkel, 
  Forester 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  published 
  in 
  

   Country 
  Life 
  in 
  America, 
  Oct. 
  15th, 
  1911, 
  and 
  by 
  an 
  address 
  before 
  the 
  annual 
  

   meeting 
  of 
  this 
  association 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Herrick 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  

   Agriculture; 
  and 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  this 
  destructive 
  insect 
  throughout 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   states, 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  as 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  Nebraska; 
  and 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  presumption 
  that 
  its 
  introduction 
  into 
  the 
  pecan 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  calamity; 
  and 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  further 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  demonstrated 
  that 
  prompt 
  

   action 
  in 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  infested 
  trees 
  will 
  prevent 
  further 
  spread 
  of 
  this 
  

   pest, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  utmost 
  importance 
  that 
  such 
  action 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  

   before 
  the 
  emergence 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  brood 
  of 
  this 
  beetle 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  the 
  year; 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  be 
  instructed 
  to 
  present 
  these 
  resolutions 
  to 
  the 
  Hon. 
  

   James 
  Wilson, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   missioners 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  other 
  states 
  where 
  the 
  hickory 
  bark 
  

   beetle 
  is 
  a 
  menace, 
  urging 
  immediate 
  and 
  energetic 
  measures 
  against 
  the 
  

   spread 
  of 
  this 
  dangerous 
  pest 
  which 
  in 
  many 
  localities 
  threatens 
  the 
  hickory 
  

   tree 
  with 
  serious 
  destruction." 
  

  

  Jan. 
  31, 
  1912. 
  

  

  LETTER 
  FROM 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  TO 
  HON. 
  CALVIN 
  J. 
  HUSON. 
  

  

  The 
  Honorable 
  Calvin 
  J. 
  Huson, 
  

  

  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

   Albany, 
  New 
  York, 
  

   Sir: 
  — 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  transmit 
  herewith 
  the 
  resolutions 
  passed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association 
  at 
  its 
  annual 
  meeting 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Ithaca, 
  New 
  York, 
  Dec. 
  14th 
  and 
  15th, 
  1911. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  these 
  resolutions 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  recall 
  to 
  your 
  attention 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  by 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  Chap. 
  798, 
  entitled 
  "AN 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  

   the 
  agricultural 
  law, 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  fungous 
  growths 
  and 
  infectious 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tagious 
  diseases 
  affecting 
  trees," 
  which 
  became 
  a 
  law 
  July 
  26th, 
  1911, 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  is 
  given 
  full 
  power 
  to 
  deal 
  summarily 
  with 
  these 
  

   and 
  other 
  pests. 
  

  

  The 
  testimony 
  of 
  all 
  those 
  fully 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  facts 
  concerning 
  the 
  

  

  