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The CHAIRMAN. I think canker worms do the same thing. 



Professor BROOKS. I do not care to prolong this discus- 

 sion. I stated simply a fact. Other neighboring trees were 

 depleted, and those Japanese elms were not. As far as the 

 taste of the insect is known, I believe all destroy the leaf, 

 and this elm has a thicker and more hairy leaf. It might be 

 possible the beetles would eat it. I do not pretend to say they 

 would not. I simply state the fact observed this past season. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The evening session was called to order by Mr. A. M. 

 Lyman of Montague, delegate from the Hampshire Agricult- 

 ural Society, who introduced as the lecturer of the evening 

 Maj. Henry E. Alvord of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. The lecture, "Dairying in France," was 

 illustrated by the stereopticon. 



