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fruit on it than all of the oth(M' 199 acres coinbiiKHl, and that 

 man is goinc^ to come to Lincoln to get some of your Cush- 

 man Spraying outfits and commence spraying. That one 

 acre stood the drouth better than the other 199 acres did. 



Mr. Christy: Is there anything new on spraying for the 

 curculio in the apple? 



Prof. Whitten : The first spraying helps if you use arsenate 

 of lead. In peach tree spraying for the curculio you are al- 

 most sure to get rid of it, and the brown rot can be controlled 

 almost to the same degree as curculio; the entrance of the 

 fungus into the fruit is effected through punctures, and we 

 find that if we can spray well enough to prevent punctures 

 we can control the brown rot very largely when we are con- 

 troling the curculio. 



President Green : I am sure we have listened to a very 

 interesting and instructive talk from Professor Whitten for 

 which we thank him. 



The time has now arrived for the annual election of ofificers, 

 but we will first listen to the report of our auditing committef>. 



Auditing comiaittee reported as follows : 



REPORT OF ALTDITING COMMITTEE. 



We, the members of your committee appointed to examine 

 the reports of the secretary and the treasurer find them 

 correct and recommend their adojjtion. 



J. A. Yager, 

 J. E. Atkinson, 

 Ed. Wirj.iAMS. 

 Mr. Yager moved the adoption of the report of the Audit- 

 ing Committee, seconded by Mr. Harrison, and carried. 



President Green : We will now proceed to the election of 

 officers. 



Mr. Harrison: I move that we waive the usual form of 

 election and that we have the same President over, and that 

 we authorize the Secretary to announce the election of our 

 present President. 



