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S. W'liill is I lie riihlic (»r I lie disease? Will il liiii ils eourso 

 and (lisai)pear? Will il Ik'i-oih!' less vinileiii? Will resistant 

 variel ies appeal'? <"aii siieli \'ai'ielies he iiwide liv seleriioii, hy- 

 bridization, etc.? ('ail cliesi lints Iw i^row ii willi safely beyond 

 Hie Mississippi i'i\-er? How loiiu aCler dealli id' all uiii- t r(M'S, 

 may cliestnnts be ai^aiii jdaiit<Ml with safety? 



9. Can w<' expect natnral enemies to arise? If it were an 

 insect disease, this niij'ht be hM)ked for with more liope. 



10. Can a metliod of control be discovered l»y fiii-Hier seien- 

 tilic resear(di? Most remedies suggested by nnseieiilitie ]»ersons 

 are known at once to be valueless and need not be tried. One 

 thinii' is certain, Hie more one knows about a disease, the more 

 liable <»ne is to discover a remedy. If none is possible, the 

 sooner this faci is known. Hie belter for all concerned. 



TIIIO ClIAIRMAX: It has been suggested lo the <"liair from 

 two directions that, as we have in this audience a nnml>er of 

 men of large commercial interests, the op|»ortunity should lie 

 extended to tlu'in to make remarks. The Chair is pleased to 

 accept that suggestion. Mr. Thalheimer. 



Mil. THALIIElMEi:, of lieading: :\Ir. (Miairman: In Penn- 

 sylvania, in those counties that 1 know, most of the farmers 

 have five, ten, and sonu' of them tifteen acres of timber land that 

 has come away back from their forefathers, and I think it would 

 be proper for this Commission to get the names of those farmers, 

 or their representatives, and keep them posted on how to take 

 care of their timber and caution them of the danger they are in 

 of losing it, and let them assist you in looking after it. Attract 

 their attention, and you will get nmny good points for this Com- 

 mission to act on which you would not get otherwise. 



If you will allow me one minute, I will t(dl you something 

 which I observed myself. It may bi' interesting to some of 

 you. I stopped off at a corner of a lane to wait for a car and 

 while I was waiting, I looked on the ground and there saw gypsy 

 moths. I luwer saw iIkmii as large in my life. They were yel- 

 low and blue with big horns, worse than the Massachusetts kind. 

 They wei'e about two inches long and about a quarter of an inch 

 thick. They walked along the track, and I looked at them and 

 followed them. Mv car came along, and I went clown town and 



