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the VV^isconsin drifts, one of the highest points in the state, and I 

 have some very nice catalpa trees, perhaps twenty-five years old. 



Mr. Crosby:- The catalpa is used for railroad ties. Some com- 

 panies have planted them for that purpose. 



The President : We have with us this afternoon Prof. Wash- 

 burn, and he desires to present to you a matter which, no doubt, will 

 be of great interest to all of you. 



Prof. Washburn : What I have to say will probably strike you 

 as very radical. I want encouragement, and I want assistance. The 

 ideas I have on this point were dictated to my stenographer, and I 

 am going to read them to you just as she took them down. Now, if 

 this matter which I have to present seems to you a good plan, we 

 can talk it over between now and the time the legislature meets, and 

 can push it, and if it does not seem wise we can drop it. 



Prof. F. L. Washburn, State Entomologist, then sounded a, 

 "Note of Warning Regarding Insect Pests." 



Discussion. 



The President : I would like to ask one question of the mem- 

 bers. It occurred to me that possibly those who are pretty well 

 acquainted and the new ones who are here would like to take lunch 

 at a restaurant, perhaps, where there is room to seat twenty or 

 thirty. The usual lunch will be served, and you would pay for what 

 you wanted, and each individual would order just what he would 

 order in a restaurant if he were alone. I suggested that a little 

 while ago to some of the members, and it was thought it would be 

 a good plan to carry out. However, I am going to put it up to you 

 and ask how many would be pleased to eat lunch tomorrow in some 

 restaurant where we could get a small room by ourselves. 



On motion of Mr. Elliot the meeting adjourned. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION. 



The meeting was called to order at 9 130 o'clock by the president, 

 Mr. Wedge. 



The President : The first thing we will take up this morning will 

 be the report of the secretary. Mr. Latham. 



Mr. A. W. Latham then submitted the "Annual Report of the 

 Secretary." (See index.) 



On motion of Mr. Elliot the report was accepted and placed on 

 file. 



The President: We will next listen to the report of the execu- 

 tive board, of which Mr. Elliot is chairman. 



Mr. Elliot : Having listened to the report of the secretary, you 

 will find somewhat of a repetition in this report. Great minds are 

 said to run in the same channels sometimes, and this is perhaps why 

 I have some things in my report that appeared in that of the sec- 

 retary. 



The "Report of the Executive Board" was then offered by Mr. 

 Wyman Elliot. (See index.) 



