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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. 



