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  RESOLVED, 
  that 
  we 
  hereby 
  respectfully 
  request 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  ag- 
  

   riculture 
  to 
  take 
  such 
  steps 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  bring 
  about 
  the 
  enforce- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law 
  relative 
  to 
  insect 
  pests 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   eases 
  with 
  particular 
  reference 
  to 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  hickory 
  bark 
  borer; 
  and 
  be 
  

   it 
  further 
  

  

  RESOLVED, 
  that 
  the 
  thanks 
  of 
  the 
  conference 
  are 
  hereby 
  tendered 
  to 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  Huson 
  for 
  his 
  courtesies 
  and 
  the 
  calling 
  of 
  the 
  

   conference. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  "News 
  Items" 
  of 
  no 
  date, 
  but 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  

   June, 
  shows 
  what 
  action 
  has 
  so 
  far 
  been 
  taken: 
  

  

  STATE 
  DEPARTMENT 
  OF 
  AGRICULTURE 
  

  

  News 
  Items 
  

  

  Commissioner 
  Huson 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  is 
  receiving 
  

   considerable 
  information 
  relative 
  to 
  a 
  serious 
  outbreak 
  of 
  the 
  hickory 
  bark 
  

   borer 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  This 
  borer 
  is 
  the 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  thousands 
  of 
  hickory 
  trees. 
  The 
  greatest 
  infested 
  

   area 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  in 
  Westchester 
  County, 
  in 
  Queens 
  

   and 
  Nassau 
  Counties, 
  though 
  much 
  injury 
  has 
  been 
  observed 
  throughout 
  Suf- 
  

   folk 
  County, 
  particularly 
  along 
  the 
  northern 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  The 
  area 
  

   of 
  infested 
  hickories 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  territory 
  where 
  the 
  chestnut 
  trees 
  

   have 
  succumbed 
  to 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  bark 
  disease. 
  Now 
  that 
  the 
  

   chestnuts 
  have 
  so 
  nearly 
  disappeared 
  and 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  hickory 
  trees 
  are 
  

   also 
  threatened 
  with 
  entire 
  extermination 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  hickory 
  borer, 
  re- 
  

   quests 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  many 
  citizens, 
  that 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  

   should 
  exercise 
  such 
  authority 
  as 
  the 
  law 
  gives 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  this 
  pest. 
  

   That 
  the 
  hickory 
  trees 
  that 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  attacked 
  may 
  be 
  saved, 
  or 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  

   large 
  measure 
  protected 
  has 
  been 
  proven 
  in 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   parks 
  of 
  Brooklyn. 
  The 
  able 
  superintendents 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  parks 
  have 
  for 
  the 
  

   last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years, 
  been 
  cutting 
  out 
  every 
  infested 
  hickory 
  tree 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  

   way 
  the 
  other 
  trees 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  to 
  be 
  free 
  from 
  insects 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  

   been 
  saved 
  from 
  certain 
  destruction. 
  

  

  The 
  hickory 
  borer 
  eats 
  its 
  way 
  into 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  the 
  hickory 
  trees 
  in 
  mid- 
  

   summer. 
  Eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  which 
  hatch 
  and 
  the 
  grubs 
  feed 
  in 
  peculiar 
  galleries 
  

   in 
  the 
  bark 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  wood 
  and 
  the 
  bark 
  is 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  as 
  to 
  cut 
  off 
  

   the 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  sap, 
  thus 
  causing 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  trees. 
  These 
  grubs 
  are 
  in 
  

   these 
  galleries 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  will 
  remain 
  so 
  until 
  about 
  the 
  mid- 
  

   dle 
  of 
  June. 
  It 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  necessary 
  that 
  the 
  infested 
  trees 
  be 
  cut 
  and 
  des- 
  

   troyed 
  before 
  that 
  time 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  prevent 
  further 
  wide-spread 
  of 
  the 
  insects. 
  

   The 
  Commissioner 
  has 
  been 
  promised 
  the 
  hearty 
  cooperation 
  of 
  many 
  influ- 
  

   ential 
  and 
  interested 
  citizens 
  in 
  this 
  movement 
  and 
  agents 
  of 
  this 
  Department 
  

   are 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  with 
  authority 
  to 
  inspect 
  trees 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  in- 
  

   festation 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  directed 
  to 
  mark 
  such 
  trees 
  as 
  should 
  be 
  removed 
  

   and 
  destroyed 
  at 
  once. 
  

  

  All 
  persons 
  are 
  requested 
  to 
  inform 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  in- 
  

   fested 
  hickory 
  trees 
  and 
  to 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  inspectors 
  such 
  assistance 
  as 
  may 
  

   be 
  desired. 
  

  

  Department 
  Circular 
  Number 
  64 
  on 
  "Dying 
  Hickory, 
  Trees" 
  will 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  

   all 
  applicants. 
  

  

  CALVIN 
  J. 
  HUSON, 
  

  

  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  

  

  