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ill*;" .spniyiiig iiincliinci-y uloiic that I Itdicve will Ije sullicieiit 

 importance in ilic riiiurc to tlic wliolc Itioad Cnited States to 

 pay for the expenditure. Also, no one eould estimate tli<' val\ic 

 to the world of the use of arsenate of lead for sprayinj^ pnr]»os('s, 

 for which the gypsy moth work in Massachusetts is responsible. 



Again, another point that I wish to emphasize. We are es- 

 tablishing positions, State Foresters and (jther State positions 

 along different lines. I think that we want to get into the habit 

 of having a well directed forest policy, so that the current may 

 flow along ^^ell deiined channels. The great troulile I think, 

 as I look upon these forest pathologists and entomologists is 

 that there are constantly new outbreaks in new jdaces, and a 

 few good specialists on each pi-ol)I('iii arc better than each state 

 working it out independently. 



I should like a S3'steni, and il seeius to me that ihe State 

 foresters, if there is such a position in our various States, ought 

 to be elosely knit together and that this work should go along 

 that channel and be well directed, not only, as I brought out, 

 for these individual things but for the problem as a whole, so that 

 in the long run we will get definite results. 



:S\ll. STEVENS, of the Lehigh Valley Kailroad: Mr. Chair- 

 man, it is now three o'clock on tiie last afternoon of this session. 

 1 came here for two purposes : One, to get additional information 

 regarding this fungous pest, and another, to get some idea of how 

 we can best co-operate in combatting it. Now a large share of 

 this meeting has been given u]) to one side, the analytical side 

 of the question, and it seems to nie we should give some attention 

 to the constructive side. AVe are agreed in some things, and one 

 is, that a better system of forestry, carried out through the East, 

 will tend to control or help contnd this fungous disease. 1 think 

 there is no dissenting voict' on that at all. This has been the 

 the history of a good niaiiy ]»ests wliicli we have met. I have in 

 mind ])articularly such a one as the orange pockAveed. 



"The Devil's l*aint Brush." We may not have known how to 

 eradicate it, but the introduction of that weed lias brought about 

 a better rotation of the crops, which makes orange pock- weed a 

 negligible quantity. So it seems to me here, if we could appoint 

 a committee or in some way formulate a plan for a more rational 



