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(1) Studying tlio progress of tlie clisotise on marked trees. 



(2). Setting ont seedling chestnuts, including a few culti- 

 vated varieties, in infested forests, to see liow the disease Avill 

 affect them. 



(3j. Attemj^ting control in a badly diseased private forest by 

 the cutting out method. This did not prove of value, and after 

 two seasons we have discontinued the work. Opening up the 

 forest there seemed harmful to the chestnuts left, especially on 

 south and west exposures. 



(I). Attempting control by the cutting ont nietliod in ;i sl;ij(i 

 foi-est when; the dis<';is(' \v;is not ('(Hisjticnoiis. Tliis work has 

 just been stai'led in onr Coi-est at Poi-lland. ri'evi(Mis lo I'.Ul, 

 only a few diseas(Ml trees had been seen in this forest. Our pre- 

 liminary survey this Avinter, hoAvever, has shown it now present 

 more abundantly than we expected. On account of the time it 

 took to locate the diseased trees and the labor and cost of cutting 

 them out, we cannot advocate this as a practical method for 

 general use in the State, even if it proves successful, Avhich we 

 doubt, since the disease is generally present in the neighbor- 

 hood. 



Jn Conncicticut we are not asking the legislature for any 

 special appropriation to light this disease, and do not expect to. 

 We are taking no concerted action to control it and we do not 

 thiidv this feasible. We are only occasionally advising cutting 

 ont, when the disease first appears, as a possible, though not a 

 proved method of control. Where a wood lot as a whole is mer- 

 chantable, and the disease is present, Ave advocate that, if market 

 conditions are favorable, it be- cut and disposed of in the ordi- 

 nary Avay. Where the trees are not as a Avhole of marketable 

 size, and the disease is present, Ave advocate the removal of the 

 dying trees, and their disposal as poles, ties or cordwood, as 

 their size may permit. AVe have no uniform recommendations 

 for treatment of sprout growth too small for market purposes. 

 W^e are trying to prevent a glut of the market by discouraging 

 wholesale cutting of the forests, and as yet Ave have noticed no 

 general glut and droj) of prices except for cordA\'ood in certain 

 toAvns, and for 7x0 ties, for Avhich the demand on the part of 



