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PKOFESSOR SELBY: :\Ir. Cliainiian, would it not be 

 proper for us to send, on belialf of this Convention, at this time, 

 an expression of our sympathy Avitli Dr. ^Nlotcalf in his serious 

 accident? I move you that such an expression l)e sent by the 

 Convention, 



Seconded hy 'Sir. I. C. Williams. 



THE CHAIRMAN: Such a motion naturally would go at 

 once to the Resolutions Committee, but the Chair is glad to make 

 an exception in this case. Professor Sell)y moves that this Con- 

 ference send a message of symjiathy to Dr. Metcalf, with hopes 

 for his speedy recovery. 



The motion was i)Mt and uiiaiiiuionsly cMrricd. 



THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair will appoint Professor Selby 

 a Committee of One to x)repare and forward the message. 



The next on the program is a paj^er entitled "Can the Chestnut 

 Bark Disease l)e Controlled?" by Professor F. C. Stewart, of the 

 New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 



CAN THE CHESTNUT BARK DISEASE BE CON- 

 TROLLED? 



By PROF. F. C. STEWART, Neto York Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Mr. Chairman and Ladies and (Jentlemen : ^ly views are so 

 much at variance with what I conceive to be the sentiment of 

 this Conference that I hesitated somcwhal to present them. I 

 feel like one throwing water on a tire wlii<li his friends are dili- 

 gently striving to kindle. But a sense of mi,\ duty to th(^ ])nb]ic 

 and, also, myself, impels me to proceed. 



I assume that yon are all familiar with tlie metliod of control 

 wliicli has been recommended, namely, the one \\liich has been 

 outlined by Dr. Metcalf and Prof. Collins in I'armers' Bulletin 

 No. 4f)7, so I shall not take time to explain it. If you are not 

 familiar with it, you will beccnne familiiir with it before the 

 close of this meetinii'. 



