518 EXPERTMEKT STATION RECORD. 



A paper by F. A. Sirrine clcscriljed a folding fumigator, which is 

 perfectly gas tight and hinged in such a manner that it may be folded 

 so as to occupy but little space. Unbleached sheeting of medium 

 weight was used as the cover. 



A brief account was given by C. B. Simpson of experiments with 

 the codling moth in Utah, Idaho, Arizona, and Washington. In the 

 Rocky Mountain States broods of this moth were reported as over- 

 lapping to such an extent that the determination of their number 

 became a difficult matter. A combination of sprajing with Paris 

 green and banding the trees was found effective in reducing the amount 

 of damage. 



Other papers presented before this section were as follows: The 

 time of emergence and oviposition of the spring brood of the Hes- 

 sian fly, by H. Garman; The life histor}^ of the sugar-cane borer in 

 Louisiana, by H. A. Morgan; Florida observations and experimental 

 work, by H. A. Gossard; and Apple aphids, by E. D. Sanderson. 



A committee, consisting of J. B. Smith, W. E. Britton, and S. A. 

 Forbes, was appointed for the purpose of proposing topics for discus- 

 sion by the section at the next annual meeting. 



SECTION ON COLLEGE WORK. 



The two main subjects considered by this section were the relation 

 of the agricultural colleges to the proposed national university, and 

 the value of short courses at the agricultural colleges. A paper on 

 the first subject by W. O. Thompson opposed any oificial relation 

 between the association and an}^ private corporation, like the Wash- 

 ington Memorial Institution. He believed that "the relation of the 

 agricultural colleges to a national university should be that of sym- 

 pathetic cooperation and enthusiastic support, as against all other 

 measures whether proposed as substitutes or stepping stones." This 

 paper called forth a lively discussion, in which it appeared that there 

 was a general sentiment in the section in favor of securing some 

 agency under Government control for making the laboratories, 

 museums, libraries, and other educational facilities in Washington 

 available to advanced students. This sentiment was voiced by the 

 convention as a whole in its instructions to the committee on graduate 

 study at Washington, as noted above. 



The discussion on the value of short courses was led by W. M. 

 Liggett, who described briefly the longer courses in the college of 

 agriculture and the school of agriculture in Minnesota, and then turned 

 his attention to the farmers' course of 8 weeks for persons of mature 

 age, given last winter for the first time, and to the short dairy course of 

 ■1 weeks, both of which he considered valuable adjuncts to the longer 

 courses. 



