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Here and there could be seen a tree not doing well, but that was owing 

 to the spra}^ of a year before with pure kerosene. The buds were not 

 injured. The growers in his region never use whale-oil soap, because 

 it destroys the buds. They have used it during midwinter and destroyed 

 buds, and have now given it up. 



Mr. Woodworth said that he did not wish his former remarks to be 

 construed to mean that there is no future for crude petroleum as an 

 insecticide, but he desired to emphasize the fact that there is a great 

 deal to learn. In some of the large orchards in California crude petro- 

 leum has been used with success, but not against the San Jose scale. 

 He is of the opinion that there is a great future for crude petroleum, 

 and that the time will come when it will be cheaper in the East. In 

 California it is the cheapest insecticide that can be bought. 



Mr. Hopkins said that in his State (West Virginia) crude petroleum 

 was sold to the Standard Oil Company for about 3 cents per gallon, or 

 $1.2.5 to ^1..50 per barrel, and if there was sufficient demand for it for 

 a specific purpose he thought there was no question but that the cost 

 would be reduced much below that of whale-oil soap. 



The chairman appointed the following committees: 



Committee on nomination of officers for ensuing year: Messrs. 

 Fletcher, Howard, and Woodworth. Committee on resolutions: 

 Messrs. Felt, Johnson, and Burgess. 



The morning session then adjourned; the afternoon session to begin 

 at 2.30 p. m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION, JUNE 21, 1900. 



On motion of Mr. We])ster all discussions were limited to five min- 

 utes each, no person to speak more than twice on the same subject. 



Mr. Webster moved that the secretary place on the list of foreign 

 members the names of 



Gustavo Leonardi, of Portici. Ital}'. 



Robert Newstead, of Chester, England. 



Karl Sajo, of Budapest, Hungary. 



Mr. Howard proposed the name of Edmond Boixlage, of St. Denis, 

 Reunion. 



In discussing the annual address delivered by Vice-President Gil- 

 lette, Mr. Weed said he thought, as did all the other members, that 

 there were very many excellent ideas in the address. One of the most 

 important ones was that about active cooperative work and the send- 

 ing of parasites back and forth. If close track was kept of some of 

 the great crop pests in this respect, watching carefully the parasitism, 

 entomologists in different States could do each other a great deal of 

 good. 



Mr. Webster thought there were a great many good features in the 

 address and very many of vital importance to station entomologists. 



