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  some 
  enterprising 
  gentlemen 
  have 
  planted 
  the 
  chestnut 
  with 
  

   the 
  tamarack 
  alternately 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  Cleveland 
  to 
  Chicago. 
  

   I 
  examined 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  Indiana 
  across 
  and 
  from 
  top 
  to 
  bottom 
  

   several 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  any 
  chestnuts 
  

   there, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  some 
  newly 
  planted 
  places 
  in 
  Michigan; 
  

   near 
  Battle 
  Creek 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  farm 
  of 
  about 
  fifty 
  acres. 
  We 
  are 
  

   having 
  up 
  in 
  Ontario, 
  beyond 
  Toronto, 
  a 
  blight 
  that 
  has 
  attacked 
  

   the 
  Lombardy 
  poplar 
  and 
  that 
  looks 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  chestnut 
  

   blight. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  watching 
  it 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  years 
  and 
  the 
  

   tree 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  at 
  last 
  outlived 
  it. 
  It 
  dies 
  down 
  and 
  then 
  a 
  

   little 
  sprout 
  comes 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  carcass. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Isn't 
  that 
  the 
  poplar 
  tree 
  borer 
  that 
  always 
  

   attacks 
  the 
  Lombardy 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  Oh 
  no, 
  it's 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  chestnut 
  tree 
  

   blight. 
  We 
  can 
  grow 
  chestnut 
  trees 
  all 
  we 
  like 
  but 
  no 
  one 
  has 
  

   brains 
  enough 
  to 
  grow 
  them. 
  The 
  farmers 
  grow 
  pigs 
  and 
  things 
  

   but 
  don't 
  bother 
  with 
  chestnut 
  trees; 
  consequently 
  the 
  chest- 
  

   nut 
  blight 
  does 
  not 
  exist 
  there. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pierce: 
  I 
  didn't 
  answer 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage's 
  

   question. 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  asked 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  the 
  blight 
  might 
  

   be 
  expected 
  in 
  the 
  Middle 
  West. 
  That 
  depends, 
  more 
  or 
  less, 
  

   upon 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  Pennsylvania 
  is 
  now 
  carrying 
  on. 
  

   If 
  we 
  can 
  keep 
  the 
  disease 
  from 
  extending 
  through 
  the 
  terri- 
  

   tory 
  in 
  which 
  we 
  are 
  working, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  chance 
  to 
  

   keep 
  it 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  West. 
  If 
  we 
  are 
  not 
  successful, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   expected 
  to 
  develop, 
  in 
  time, 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  chestnut 
  range. 
  

  

  There 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  opportunity 
  for 
  growing 
  the 
  

   chestnut 
  commercially 
  beyond 
  its 
  present 
  range; 
  that 
  is, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  so 
  infrequent 
  as 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  danger 
  from 
  infected 
  growths 
  

   nearby. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  different 
  people 
  have 
  reported 
  

   that 
  the 
  blight 
  seemed 
  to 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  dying 
  out 
  and, 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  these 
  reports 
  coming 
  from 
  a 
  certain 
  locality, 
  the 
  Commission 
  

   decided 
  to 
  investigate 
  one 
  which 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  better 
  reported 
  

   than 
  the 
  others. 
  It 
  was 
  found, 
  after 
  a 
  very 
  extensive 
  investi- 
  

   gation, 
  that 
  this 
  dying 
  out 
  was 
  true 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  sense 
  that 
  it 
  

   was 
  not 
  spreading, 
  perhaps, 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  spreading 
  

   before. 
  The 
  mycelium 
  and 
  the 
  spores 
  were 
  healthy 
  and 
  were 
  

   affecting 
  the 
  new 
  trees 
  in 
  quite 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  the 
  year 
  

   before 
  and 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  question 
  of 
  controlling 
  blight 
  after 
  

   it 
  has 
  appeared 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  consequence. 
  Concerning 
  any 
  

  

  