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a well-bred setter ; but, when she whelped, the doctor was 

 mortified with the sight of a litter which he perceived bore 

 evident marks, particularly in color, of the favored cur, and 

 they were all destroyed. The same also occurred in her 

 future puppings : invariably the breed was tainted b}"- the 

 lasting impression made by the mongrel. The mental im- 

 pressions received at the time of the heat are sufficient to 

 stamp the progeny. 



We cannot be too careful to select the associates we keep 

 with our pure-bred stock. 



Adjourned till Thursday, at ten A.M. 



THIRD DAY. 



The Board was called to order at ten o'clock by O. B. 

 Had WEN, Esq., of Worcester, who said. Gentlemen, the sub- 

 ject of the lecture for the morning is " War with Insects," 

 by Dr. Jabez Fisher of Fitchburg, whom I have now the 

 pleasure of introducing. 



THE WAR WITH IN"SECTS.' 



BY DE, JABEZ FISHER. 



The Secretary of the Board, in requesting me to meet you 

 at this time, stated that he wanted me to give a practical talk 

 about insects ; he did not want me to say any thing about 

 entomology; and the reporter expressly stipulated that I 

 should not use any scientific terms. I will try to obey the 

 mandate in both cases. 



The principal department of the subject to which I want 

 to call your attention is the mode of exterminating some of 

 the various insects. That is the main point to which I pro- 

 pose to devote my time. I don't intend to say much of any 

 thing that I do not know about from personal experience. 

 I could have taken the books, and looked over a long list of 

 matter's, and told you a thousand things I do not know any 

 thing about, and wliich you can find out just as easy as I can 

 by reading, without wasting time to hear. Of course, I can- 

 not begin and go over the whole ground. I must confine 

 myself to some few insects with which I am most familiar, 



