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when he suggests that it is very much like having the play of 

 Hamlet with Hamlet left out, when we fail to hear from the great 

 State of Pennsylvania; but, as usual, this State asserts her 

 modesty, and has insisted on being excused for the present. The 

 Chair will assure you that later we will hear from the State of 

 Pennsylvania, and from more than one person. 



Unless it is otherwise decided by motion and vote, the 

 Chair will request that all resolutions be handed in at the desk, 

 without taking the time of the Conference to read them, to be 

 referred directly to the Committee on Resolutions. This, how- 

 ever, may be overruled if the delegates desire to lake I lie matter 

 into their own hands. 



I am informed that provision lias been made for registration 

 at one of the ante-rooms outside of the entrance to this chamber, 

 and each one is earnestly requested to register his name, home ad- 

 dress, official position, and his temporary Harrisburg address. 



The program now calls for an address upon the "Historical 

 Keview and the Pathological Aspects of the Chestnut Bark Dis- 

 ease/' by Dr. Haven Metcalf, of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture. It is with the greatest regret that we have 

 learned of the serious illness of Dr. Metcalf, which makes it im- 

 possible for him to be present at this time. Fortunately, however, 

 we have with us Professor J. Franklin Collins, the Assistant 

 Pathologist in the Federal Department of Agriculture, and Pro- 

 fessor Collins has kindly consented to address us at this time. 



ADDRESS OF PKOFESSOE J. FRANKLIN COLLINS, OF 

 THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WASH- 

 INGTON, D. C. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is with very great 

 regret, for many reasons, as you can imagine, that I have to take 

 Dr. Metcalf s place here. I came here rather unprepared to 

 take his place. The accident to Dr. Metcalf occurred on Satur- 

 day night, and I had the chance to see him only a little while on 



