WORK Oi\ THE W IIITK I'lNl-: Bf.ISTER KLST IX MINNESOTA 25 



Entoniologist of \\'isconsin, and now Economic Zoologist of Pennsyl- 

 \ania. The letter is dated October 25. 1916. 



"A short time ago I attended a gathering- of State Inspectors of New 

 England, New York and Pennsylvania at Fall River, Mass., where I went 

 into the field and observed the work of the blister rust after about eight or 

 nine years' standing. The destructive possibilities of the blister rust are 

 truly amazing in these districts, where we found white pines five inches in 

 diameter completely girdled, and branches up to twelve feet in length on 

 old thirty- to forty-foot pines completely destroyed.'" 



11. A conference to consider the necessary measures for the stip- 

 pression of the White PMne Blister Rust in Minnesota and Wisconsin 

 was called in Dean Woods" office October 28. 



There were present: Dr. Haven Metcalf. head of office of Forest 

 Pathology, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture; Dr. E. D. Ball, of the \\'"isconsin Nursery Inspection Service; 

 Dean A. F. Woods; Dr. E. ^I. Ereeman ; Professor E. E. Washburn; 

 Mr. D. P. Tierney, of the Minnesota Eorest Service, and Professor 

 E. G. Cheyney. 



There were represented; The U. S. Department of Agriculture; 

 the Nursery Inspection Service of Wisconsin ; the University and Nurs- 

 ery Inspection Service of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Forestry 

 Service and the Forestry Association. After an exhaustive discus- 

 sion of the subject, all those present subscribed to the following 

 resolution : 



WHiereas, the white pine blister rust is a menace to our native white 

 pine: and. 



Whereas, the disease is known to be present in Minnesota and Wis- 

 consin; and. 



Whereas, the spread of this disease means the destruction of all future 

 growth of white pine in these states; and. 



Whereas, the definite location of these infections is not known; there- 

 fore, 



Be it resolved, that the legislatures of Wisconsin and Minnesota be 

 requested to make an adequate appropriation each year of the coming 

 biennium for the purpose of scouting out the infection with a view to 

 working out the best retnedial measures. 



For the next biennium. if the people of Minnesota desire the state 

 to make an eiTort to eradicate this most destructive disease, men and 

 money are necessary. The exact program and expense involved will 

 have to be determined b\' a conference of officials and experts inter- 

 ested. It is safe to assume that an efficient survey and campaign of 

 eradication will call for the expenditure of a large stun of money. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



T take pleasure in expressing our appreciation of your co-operation, 

 and at the same time that of the State Treasurer and State Auditor, 

 which has enabled us to accomplish much more than would have been 

 possible otherwise. We owe mtich to the co-operation of the U. S. 



