The program included a discussion on small fruits, but 

 «o much time was spent in discussing the apple crop, that 

 the meeting was adjourned before this subject was reached 

 and the party took the trolley for "Hadwen Park" where 

 a dinner had been prepared. After dinner Mayor J. T. Dug- 

 gan, and several other speakers entertained the company 

 until it was time to take the trolley for a return to Horti- 

 cultural Hall. After inspecting the exhibits of strawberries, 

 roses and other flowers, the company went to the store of 

 Ross Bros., to inspect spraying appliances, and from there 

 to the- Cold Storage plant of the Worcester Ice and Cold 

 Storage Company. Here the process of cooling rooms from 

 a temperature of 32° to 0° was shown and explained by Mr. 

 W. H. Blodget. At the store of W. H. Blodget & Co., the 

 handling of fruit and other products was explained, as was 

 also the storing and ripening of bananas, etc. 



There being no committees to report, the first lecture 

 was called about eleven o'clock. 



"RECENT WORK IN THE SUPPRESSION OF THE 



GYPSY MOTH, BROWN-TAIL MOTH AND OTHER 



INSECTS IN MASSACHUSETTS." 



BY C. W. MINOTT; in place of Prof. Kirkland 

 Illustrated by Stereopticon 



"I wish to explain the reason for the change in the 

 speaker who appears before you this morning. Prof. Kirk- 

 land expected to be with you until the last moment. I had 

 planned to be here and attend the meeting and when Prof. 

 Kirkland found he could not come he wished me to take 

 his place. This I did not know imtil I stepped aboard the 

 train at Boston. 



"The question that at the present time is uppermost 

 in many minds is in regard to the law under which we are 

 now working in trying to suppress our insect pests in 

 Massachusetts. By the law passed last winter by the legis- 

 lature an appropriation of $300,000 was made to be ex- 

 pended by May 1, 1907. 



