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ill :ill (»r llic (•((Millies (»r llic St;il(', and in scnciiI \ -iwo of llic 

 t(>\\ lis. or these (tiilv se\-eii low lis Were ea.sl oi" the ( '(»iiiie(:U«Mit 

 ]{ivt'i', hilt this region liad iiol heeii carefully exaiiiiiied. At tlie 

 Albany (•(niCereiice, hold Ocloher 1I>, l!)ll, \\v, i-ejtoi'tod the dis- 

 ease pi'cseiit ill (tiie hiiiidfed and twenty towns (»}' the Slate. 

 To-(hiy I I'ehriiai-y, lIMl'i we have records of its presence in Kil 

 (.(■ the Ids towns of the Stale tall Iinl Ashford, East ford, J'lil- 

 iiaiii and nad(hiiiii, and we ha\'e e\-ei-y reason to believe that a 

 careful search wonhl rcNcal its |»resence in these four towns. 



I*r< still Sil mil Kill. 



The |»reseiil situation in ( 'oiiiieeticut, flieii, is that we have 

 the disease in more or less abuiidaiiee in practically every town. 

 \\'e are snrronnded on three sides by states that liave the disease 

 more or less abundant in their ditferent counties. On the south, 

 we are separated l\y Long Island Sound from Loii.u Island, which 

 also lias the disease. 



In Fairfield County as early as l!l()7, the disease was doinii; 

 considerable harm, and by ]!)01> it was very serious, while to-day, 

 from lifty to seventy-five per cent, of all the cliestnuts are affected 

 or dead. New Haven County bei^aii to show evidence of trouble 

 ill 1!M)S, and at jiresent the disease is ])reseiil in most of the 

 forests and serious in many of them. Litchlield Connly did not 

 be.uiii to show the trouliie iiiilil 1!)()!> and liHd, but last year il 

 was doiiiii' considerable damage there. Hartford and Middle- 

 sex counties also last year began to show its ])resi'nce in their 

 forests, in some i)laces very prominently. These counties are 

 all west of the Connecticut Kiver. East of the river the trouble 

 is not nearly so general (tr abnndanl, Imr in some jilaces in lilll 

 it was causing considerable damage. 



The year 1!)11 more than any other seemed to be favorable 

 for the s])read and injurious etfects of the fungus. This we at- 

 tribute to the unusual drought of that year, lasting fr(tm early 

 spring until the last of July. This is the fifth ami most severe of 

 a scM'ies of drought years that we have had since 10(17. 



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Oni- work in the field, besides locating the disease, has been 

 aloiiu the lollowinii lines: 



