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  the 
  large 
  quantity 
  which 
  must 
  necessarily 
  be 
  thrown 
  upon 
  the 
  

   market. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  discrimination 
  against 
  

   blighted 
  chestnut 
  timber. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  unjust, 
  

   since 
  the 
  blight 
  does 
  not 
  injure 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  wood 
  for 
  most 
  

   purposes 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  used. 
  However, 
  the 
  owners 
  sometimes 
  

   fail 
  to 
  realize 
  that 
  the 
  blight 
  cankers 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  favorable 
  

   places 
  for 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  borers, 
  and 
  that 
  where 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  trees 
  are 
  being 
  considered, 
  a 
  percentage 
  of 
  them 
  will 
  

   be 
  materially 
  injured 
  by 
  insects 
  which 
  follow 
  blight 
  infection. 
  

   Where 
  telegraph 
  poles 
  are 
  barked, 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  seen 
  that 
  borers 
  

   have 
  attacked 
  the 
  wood 
  under 
  blight 
  cankers, 
  and 
  have 
  not 
  

   touched 
  any 
  other 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tree. 
  All 
  blighted 
  timber 
  should 
  

   be 
  cut 
  before 
  death 
  to 
  realize 
  its 
  best 
  value, 
  since 
  insects 
  and 
  

   wood-destroying 
  fungi 
  cause 
  the 
  very 
  rapid 
  deterioration 
  of 
  

   dead, 
  standing 
  timber. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  good 
  market 
  in 
  al- 
  

   most 
  every 
  locality 
  for 
  poles, 
  ties 
  and 
  the 
  better 
  grades 
  of 
  lum- 
  

   ber. 
  Cordwood 
  presents 
  the 
  difficult 
  problem 
  of 
  disposal. 
  The 
  

   best 
  market 
  for 
  this 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  at 
  the 
  

   extract 
  plants. 
  The 
  Commission 
  has 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  R. 
  R. 
  a 
  special 
  tariff 
  on 
  blighted 
  chestnut 
  cordwood 
  

   so 
  that 
  this 
  product 
  may 
  be 
  profitably 
  shipped 
  from 
  greater 
  

   distances 
  than 
  before. 
  

  

  The 
  Commission 
  has 
  inspected 
  all 
  chestnut 
  nursery 
  stock 
  

   shipped 
  from 
  nurseries 
  within 
  the 
  state 
  and 
  has 
  also 
  provided 
  

   for 
  inspection 
  of 
  all 
  chestnut 
  stock 
  entering 
  the 
  state. 
  This 
  

   should 
  prevent 
  a 
  repetition 
  of 
  infections 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  state 
  which 
  might 
  destroy 
  millions 
  of 
  dollars 
  worth 
  of 
  tim- 
  

   ber. 
  

  

  From 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  publications 
  have 
  been 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  issued 
  

   by 
  the 
  Commission, 
  which 
  are 
  obtained 
  free 
  of 
  charge 
  upon 
  

   request, 
  or 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  consulted 
  in 
  the 
  leading 
  libraries 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  state. 
  

  

  An 
  appropriation 
  for 
  $80,000 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  last 
  Con- 
  

   gress 
  for 
  scientific 
  research 
  work 
  upon 
  the 
  blight 
  disease 
  and 
  

   work 
  is 
  being 
  carried 
  out 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  various 
  states. 
  

   Several 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  investigators 
  are 
  now 
  at 
  work 
  upon 
  

   our 
  force. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  unsolved 
  scientific 
  prob- 
  

   lems 
  of 
  the 
  blight, 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Secretary 
  Wilson, 
  in 
  his 
  message, 
  

   to 
  Congress, 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  — 
  

  

  First, 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  to 
  climate. 
  

  

  Second, 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  the 
  parasite 
  to 
  the 
  varying 
  tannin 
  

   content 
  of 
  the 
  tree. 
  

  

  