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II li;is Im'i'Ii ;isk(Ml "W'IniI llicii WdiiM yon li;ivr lis do? SIjiimI 

 idle while I lie (lisc;is(' dcsl roys oiii- (•licslinii forcsls " My 

 jiiiswcr is lliis: ll I'liny lie \\(dl l<» iTslricl llic I i-;iiis|m»I'I;i1 ion of 

 discMscd iiiii-s('i-y slock, Iml liiis is ;ili lli;it il is woi-ili wiiijc lo 

 all ('111 I )l ill |»i-('S('iit ill I lie liiir of coiiili.il iii.u 1 III' dis(';is('. // is In I- 

 (<r I') (illfiii/il iiolliliif/ llriii lo iraslc ii l(ir;/c (iiiioinil of /Hihlic 

 iiioiKi/ 'HI 'I UK llitiil of coiilrol irfiicli llicrc is crcri/ rriisfni lo ht'- 

 lit'rc ctliniol slicrccil. I lM"li('\<' ill Lcilli: liolics! willl I lie |»lllilic 

 :iimI ;nliiiil I iii;n ri-;iiikly lli;ii w c know o\' no way lo roiiii-o| tliis 

 disrasc. I ra\'or iiiodci-alc-sizcd appropiial ions loi* invcslinal i(ni 

 (d" Ilic disease, Iml none al all to he used in atleni]>ls lo conlrrd il 

 Ity any iiieijiod or nie(li(i(ls at ju'eseiit known. 



A\'lial will lie I lie Inlnre coiii-se of the disease can only lie con- 

 joeliired, hut il eaii he safely i)i'e(liete(l that iiothinii \vlii(di man 

 can now do will matorially alter its course. However, the sitna- 

 1 ion is hy no means ho])eless. That the disease has already reach- 

 e<I ils zeiiitli and will now liradnally snhside is (|nile possihle. 

 'riiei'e' Iia\'e heen oilier epidemics, and oilier kinds of irees and 

 l>laii1s iia\'e hc'ii llireatened with deslniction thi-oniili disease, 

 hnt sncli a lliinu has never actually hajipened. So far as known, 

 no ]dai)l has ever Iummi exterminated hy disease. It is unlikely 

 that the (dieslnnt will he exterminat<Ml. 



Tiri'] (IIAIILMAN: It occurs to the Chair Ihal the situalion 

 Avouhl suuucst discussion at this lime, Init it A\'ould jirohahly he 

 l.'ejter to continue with our iirouranime as it was ahly laid out hy 

 those who have ]>i'ovided foi' this Conference, and have the dis- 

 cussion after we have heard the jiapers. ^^'e w]]], ihei-efore, call 

 for the liext i>a]>er, entitled "IIoav Further Research may Increase 

 the Efiiciency of the Control of the Chestnut IJark Disease," hy 

 Professor W. Howard Tlankin, Cornell rniversity, Ithaca, New 

 York. 



1. Metciilf, II. and Collins, J. F. The control of the clicstuut bark disease. U. S. D. A. 

 Farmers' Bui. 467, 28 O. 1!)U. 



2. Loc. cit. p. 11. 



5. Rrportod by Dr. ^letcalf at a conferenec on the clicstnut bark disoase held iu Albanv, 

 N. v., October. 19, 1911. 



4. U. R. P. A. Farmers' Bnl. 467:11. 



.^. U. S. T). A. Fanners' Bui. 407:10. 



6. Metealf and Collins. The present status of the chestnut bark disease. U. S. D. A. Bur. 

 Plant Indus. Bui. 141, Part V, p. 46. 30 S. 1909. 



7. Clinton. G. P. Report of the Botanist. V.m. Conn. Kxp. Sta. Rpt. of 1907-190S: 879-800. 

 July, 1909. 



