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more ette<;tive, I used as <lilii(Mit a water extract of tobacco waste, made 

 by tboroumlily boiliiifi oin' ijouiid of tobacco in eacli gallon of water. This 

 nsed with emulsion, 1 to 10 parts, gave almost perfect immunity for a 

 period of three days. 



My work shows that two treatments with this preparation per week 

 almost entirely relieve the cattle from annoyance. I make the applica- 

 tion with a kuai)sack pump fitted with a cyclone nozzle. The work is 

 most conveniently done just after milking in the morning. Two men 

 treat the cows rapidly, reipiiring about one minute per cow, and using 

 from one to two i)ints of liquid. The preparation as given above causes 

 no particularly unpleasant odor, and thus far the milkers have made no 

 complaint whatever concerning its use on the cows. 



The President announced that he had received letters of regret from 

 Mr. J. H. (3omstock, Mr. 0. W. Hargitt, Mr. H. Garman, Mr. C. P. Gil- 

 lette, and Mr. C. U. Tyler Townsend. 



On motion of Mr. Alwood, seconded by Mr. Smith, it was resolved that 

 Mr. Kiley be requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting in 

 Insect Life, and on motion of Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Bruner, the 

 Secretary was instructed to send an abstract of the proceedings to the 

 Ganadian Entomologist. 



On motion of Mr. Southwick, the Association passed a vote of thanks 

 to Mr. Kiley and the members of his office force for the courtesies to 

 members during the meeting of the Association. 



On motion of Mr. Osborn, a vote of thanks was extended to the Presi- 

 dent for his able efforts to make the meeting a success. 



The Association then adjourned. 



L. O. Howard, 



Secretary, 



Just after the adjournment of the meeting the following communica- 

 tion was received from Mr. Snow, one of the vice-presidents of the As- 

 sociation, which, although it can not properly be incorporated in the 

 minutes, may be properly appended here : 



THE CHINCH BUG DISEASE AND OTHER NOTES. 



By F. H. Snow, Lawrence, Kans. 



In response to your circular letter asking for notes of work done in 

 economic entomology during the past year I beg to submit the follow- 

 ing brief and incomplete account of the work done in Kansas this 

 year under my direction in the matter of the artificial dissemination of 

 a contagious disease or diseases among chinch bugs: 



The legislature of the State of Kansas at its last session in the winter 

 of 1890-'91 made an appropriation of $3,500, available during the years 

 1891-'92, for the purpose of carrying on these experiments. With this 



