REPORTS OP DISTRICT AND T.OCAL SOCIETIES. 357 



The question of yellows was laid on the table until the.next regular meet- 

 ing of the society. 



Under resolutions the following were adopted: 



Resolved, That the township boards in Ganges, Saugatuck. Manlius, Laketown and 

 ■Clyde be requested to use all diligent care in the selection of yellows conmissioners. 

 That efficient men be appointed, and when appointed, that they do their full duty in 

 destroying all diseased trees. The secretary be requested to furnish a copy of this 

 resolution to each township board. 



After some informal talk as to what subject to take up at the next meet- 

 ing, Mr. J. F. Taylok was asked to read a paper upon "Can the yellows be 

 stopped where it is on this lake shore? " 



Mr. Taylor: We all want to look which way the wind blows. In Cali- 

 fornia and the south there appears a disease of the peach called " Root 

 Knot." Considerable attention is being called to it, particularly among 

 the scientific investigators. " Root Aphis " is another ot the new pests and 

 is becoming somewhat troublesome in our own locality. I would like to 

 call the attention of all who have sickly looking trees to investigate, and 

 perhaps try some of the new mixtures for spraying. 



MAY MEETIISPG. 



The May meeting of the society was called to order by President Wiley 

 at the Mack's Landing school house, Saturday afternoon. May 6. About 

 25 gentlemen were present. The subject for discussion was the yellows 

 law. 



Pres. Wiley: What we lack is public sentiment, not law. If the 

 people are educated up to the point of demanding a thorough cleaning out 

 of infected trees the work will be done. Commissioners have a hard row 

 to hoe, as they get small pay and have the opposition of many who ought 

 to assist them. Let the people assist the commissioner and better work 

 will be done. 



H. H. Goodrich: It is almost impossible for commissioners to do good 

 work unless the growers cooperate with them. 



P. PuRDY: The town line is the boundary of the trouble. In Manlius 

 the growers ship their yellows fruit and the commissioners do nothing. 



D. C. Putnam: I understand some growers east of here intend to get 

 all they can out of their yellows peaches this year. If the Saugatuck and 

 Ganges people h.ad not tended to their trees in the past, the yellows would 

 have swept in from that direction. 



M. E. Williams moved that the secretary be instructed to write to all 

 legislators interested, to use their utmost diligence in the passage of anew 

 yellows law. Carried. 



H. H. Goodrich moved that the chair appoint a committee to wait upon 

 the Manlius township board and urge them to look after the yellows law. 

 Carried. The chair appointed P. Purdy, D. C. Putnam, and M. E. Will- 

 iams as such a committee. 



Rev. J. F. Taylor then read a paper on peach yellows, in which he 

 showed that the growers, who allow the disease to spread in their orchards, 

 will soon be out of the business, while those who tend closely to their duty, 

 will be left to enjoy the profits of their labor, with a better market. 



The use of lime as a preventive of yellows was discussed, but not much 

 credit was given to it. The prompt removal of diseased trees is the great- 

 est preventive. 



