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there should be further consideration b}- the members of the association 

 before definite action was. taken. 



Mr. W. C. O'Kane stated that he was at first favorable to the pro- 

 posal, but was now not quite sure as to whether it was a good idea or not. 

 He desired to have more information as to how such a plan worked out 

 in other associations, and believed that a study of the matter should be 

 made. 



AIr. E. p. Felt remarked that he was in favor of regional branches ; 

 but that if the idea was a good one, it would not suffer by action being 

 delayed for a year or two until the matter could be given careful con- 

 sideration. 



AIr. H. a. Gossard questioned the effect that regional branches 

 would have on the interest of the members in the general association 

 and the possibility that their establishment might prevent some members 

 from attending the annual meetings of the association on account of 

 smaller branch meetings being held at points where less travel would be 

 necessar^v for some members to attend. He also raised the point as to 

 whether vigorous and influential branches might not operate to the 

 disadvantage of the general association, and stated that he believed 

 that the matter should be considered for another year before a decision 

 was reached. 



AIr. C. T. Brues pointed out the value of branch meetings to young 

 men who were being trained and were becoming interested in entomology 

 and who seldom have opportunity to attend any regular meeting of the 

 association, and suggested that the plan might be tried experimentally 

 before it was put on a permament basis. 



Secretary Burgess closed the remarks on this resolution by stating 

 that the experience of the association with its present sections and one 

 branch indicated that they had been a means of strengthening the 

 association. 



AIr. C. L. AIarlatt suggested a revision of the resolution concerning 

 the activities of the Federal Horticultural Board with particular refer- 

 ence to the work of the board being confined to quarantines, and after 

 general discussion, it was voted to make the revision suggested by him. 



There was a general discussion of the resolution relative to the estab- 

 lishment of the Crop Protection Institute, the particular point being 

 made that members of this association elected to the board of trustees 

 should not be immediately re-elected after their terms expired, but no 

 change was made in this particular recommendation. 



Mr. R. N. Chapman called attention to the interest of manufacturers 

 of cereal products in controlling insects affecting stored foods and sug- 



