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  own 
  trees 
  that 
  were 
  blighted 
  because 
  I 
  have 
  too 
  much 
  else 
  to 
  

   do 
  and 
  too 
  large 
  a 
  place, 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  hundred 
  acres 
  engaged 
  

   in 
  a 
  small 
  and 
  large 
  way, 
  — 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  ways 
  — 
  with 
  nut 
  trees; 
  

   and 
  the 
  few 
  I 
  have 
  cared 
  to 
  save 
  after 
  blight 
  has 
  begun 
  I 
  have 
  

   saved 
  by 
  cutting 
  it 
  out 
  very 
  thoroughly 
  and 
  using 
  either 
  white 
  

   paint 
  or 
  grafting 
  wax. 
  I 
  used 
  also 
  pine 
  tar 
  and 
  some 
  gas 
  tar. 
  

   I 
  killed 
  some 
  good 
  trees 
  that 
  I 
  wanted 
  particularly 
  to 
  save 
  by 
  

   putting 
  on 
  gas 
  tar. 
  

  

  The 
  matter 
  of 
  compelling 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  infected 
  trees 
  is 
  

   a 
  very 
  important 
  one, 
  but 
  it 
  must 
  rest 
  with 
  the 
  authorities. 
  

   In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  we 
  have 
  so 
  much 
  hard 
  wood 
  that 
  

   you 
  cannot 
  sell 
  it 
  unless 
  you 
  are 
  in 
  some 
  sort 
  of 
  a 
  trade 
  com- 
  

   bination. 
  Fine 
  oak, 
  fine 
  hickory, 
  fine 
  chestnut, 
  you 
  can't 
  dis- 
  

   pose 
  of 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  because 
  we 
  have 
  such 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  it. 
  We 
  

   have 
  wild 
  deer 
  within 
  fifteen 
  miles 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  on 
  three 
  

   sides 
  of 
  us 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  forests. 
  You 
  have 
  got 
  to 
  find 
  some 
  spe- 
  

   cial 
  way 
  for 
  disposing 
  of 
  this 
  blighted 
  chestnut 
  timber. 
  Telephone 
  

   and 
  telegraph 
  poles 
  and 
  ties 
  all 
  go 
  for 
  nothing, 
  unless 
  you 
  happen 
  

   to 
  be 
  so 
  situated 
  that 
  you 
  can 
  manage 
  the 
  matter 
  commercially, 
  

   and 
  a 
  way 
  should 
  be 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  state 
  so 
  that 
  people 
  can 
  dis- 
  

   pose 
  of 
  their 
  blighted 
  timber, 
  which 
  is 
  just 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  any 
  other. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  very 
  important 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  the 
  boy 
  scouts 
  are 
  inter- 
  

   ested, 
  and 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  encourage 
  their 
  interest. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  splen- 
  

   did 
  thing, 
  getting 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  boys 
  engaged. 
  You 
  know 
  

   how 
  active 
  a 
  boy 
  is 
  in 
  getting 
  a 
  snake 
  from 
  under 
  a 
  rock 
  and 
  

   he 
  will 
  do 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  with 
  the 
  chestnut 
  blight. 
  It 
  is 
  his 
  

   natural 
  tendency 
  to 
  hustle 
  when 
  he 
  gets 
  after 
  anything. 
  This 
  

   chestnut 
  blight 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  microbe 
  group 
  and 
  the 
  microbe 
  

   is 
  the 
  great 
  enemy 
  of 
  mankind. 
  In 
  wars 
  the 
  microbe 
  kills 
  

   about 
  eight 
  men 
  for 
  every 
  one 
  killed 
  by 
  missiles. 
  If 
  we 
  

   can 
  encourage 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  boy 
  scouts 
  in 
  fighting 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   of 
  all 
  human 
  enemies, 
  the 
  microbe, 
  including 
  this 
  little 
  fungus, 
  

   ■ 
  we 
  shall 
  have 
  a 
  splendid 
  working 
  force. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  injection 
  of 
  poisons 
  and 
  medicines 
  into 
  trees, 
  

   it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  a 
  very 
  firm 
  stand 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  by 
  all 
  

   responsible 
  men 
  who 
  know 
  anything 
  about 
  plant 
  pathology. 
  

   We 
  know 
  that 
  a 
  poison 
  injected 
  into 
  a 
  tree 
  must 
  either 
  act 
  

   injuriously 
  right 
  there 
  upon 
  the 
  cells 
  of 
  the 
  tree, 
  or 
  else 
  must 
  

   undergo 
  metabolic 
  changes. 
  A 
  tree 
  cannot 
  use 
  anything 
  that 
  

   is 
  thrown 
  into 
  it, 
  poison 
  or 
  food 
  or 
  anything 
  else, 
  until 
  it 
  has 
  

   undergone 
  a 
  metabolic 
  change; 
  you 
  must 
  have 
  a 
  distinct, 
  definite 
  

   chemical 
  process 
  taking 
  place 
  and 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  