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the crop its money value is correspondingly increased. The present year is an exception, 

 and we have abundant crops in this country with high prices as a result of failure in 

 other parts of the world. He hoped that Mr. Osborn'.s motion, which he seconded, would 

 be adopted, and he felt sure that such a committee would accomplish good results. 



Mr. Smith spoke of the unreliability of the testimony of farmers on the question 

 of insect damage, and adduced as an instance the fact that this year the Melon Plant 

 louse is very abundant in New Jersey, and that all melon injury is attributed to this 

 insect, but upon careful examination the main trouble is found to be a bacterial disease. 



Mr. Weed spoke in the same line, and stated that in Mississippi great damage was 

 attributed t:> the Boll Worm of Cotton, which was not done by this insect, a number of 

 species uniting in producing it. 



Mr. PoPEVQE had found a similar misapprehension with regard to affairs in Colorado, 

 and damage to the potato crop by the Colorado Beetle was laid at the door of the locust 

 so abundant there, Dissosteira longipennis. 



Mr. Fletcher was of the opinion that the statistics should be gotten up by the 

 entomologists themselves by the most careful personal examination and without reliance 

 upon the statements of farmers. 



Mr. Smith called particular attention, not to the confusion of the damage done by 

 different insects, but to the confusiqn of insect damage with that brought about by fungus 

 or bacterial disease. 



The motion was put and carried, and the President appointed Messrs. Riley, Osborn, 

 and Smith as the committee. 



On motion of Mr. Howard it was resolved that the committee be authorized to 

 publish their results in case sufficient data for publication should be collected before the 

 next annual meeting. 



The Secretary reported that the minutes of the last meeting had been published in 

 No. 5, Vol. III., '* Insect Life" ; that the past Secretary had transferred the treasury to 

 him with a deficit of 38 cents, and that he had been at some expense for circulars, post- 

 age, and posters. 



On motion of Mr. Oook, a tax of $1 was levied on each member present. 



By vote of the Association, Dr. James Stimson, of Watsonville, Cal., was elected a 

 member. The credentials of Mr. H. E. Weed, of Mississippi, were presented by Mr. 

 Fletcher ; those of Mr. F. L. Washburn, of Oregon, by Mr. J. B. Smith ; those of Mr. 

 J. W. Tourney, of Arizona, by Mr. Weed ; those of Mr. F. H. Chittenden, of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Mr. A. B. Cordley, of the Department of Agriculture, and Mr. 

 F. J. Niswander, of Wyoming, by Mr. Howard. All were inscribed as members of the 

 Association. Mr. A. S. OUiff, of Sydney, New South Wales, was inscribed as a foreign 

 member. 



A communication was read from Mr. Forbes concerning the desirability of holding 

 the meeting of 1893 with the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Action upon this com- 

 munication was deferred. 



On motion of Mr. Smith, it was resolved that all insecticide papers should be brought 

 together on the programme for Tuesday afternoon. 



