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PEOFESSOE SELBY: Mr. Cliairnian, would it not be 

 proper for us to send, on behalf of this Convention, at this time, 

 an expression of our sympathy with Dr. Metcalf in his serious 

 accident? I move you that such an expression be sent by the 

 Convention. 



Seconded by Mr. I. C. Williams. 



THE CHAIRMAN: Such a motion naturally would go at 

 once to the Resolutions Committee, but the Chair is glad to make 

 an exception in this case. Professor Selby moves that this Con- 

 ference send a message of sympathy to Dr. Metcalf, with hopes 

 for his speedy recovery. 



The motion was put and unanimously carried. 



THE CHAIRMAN : The Chair will appoint Professor Selby 

 a Committee of One to prepare and forward the message. 



The next on the program is a paper entitled "Can the Chestnut 

 Bark Disease be Controlled?" by Professor F. C. Stewart, of the 

 New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 



CAN THE CHESTNUT BARK DISEASE BE CON- 



TEOLLED? 



By PROP. F. C. STEWART, Neiv York Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gentlemen : My views are so 

 much at variance with what I conceive to be the sentiment of 

 this Conference that I hesitated somewhat to present them. I 

 feel like one throwing water on a fire which his friends are dili- 

 gently striving to kindle. But a sense of my duty to the public 

 and, also, myself, impels me to proceed. 



I assume that you are all familiar Avith the method of control 

 which has been recommended, namely, the one which has been 

 outlined by Dr. Metcalf and Prof. Collins in Farmers' Bulletin 

 No. 467, so I shall not take time to explain it. If you are not 

 familiar with it, you will become familiar with it before the 

 close of this meeting. 



