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for its complete transformation, so from the time the egg is 

 laid in May up through the first, second and third years, they 

 are working nearly all the tinie. 



Prof. Phelps: Is there anything new in regard to 

 washes that will act as a preventive for the borer, especially 

 the apple borer? I have been looking upon arsenate of lead 

 as being the most probable preventive wash we could find. 

 Whenever we have put it on the trees, we have had it remain 

 there for a long time. There were no borers found in that 

 vicinity, so it did not prove anything. If you put it on too 

 thin, it will peel off like whitewash ; but if you put it on thick, 

 it will remain a long time, a year or more. I think it will be 

 difficult for the borers to sfet throuQfh it. 



Reports of Special Committees. 



The committee appointed earlier in the session to judge 

 the exhibits of fruit, reported at this point, as follows : 



Mr. N. S. Platt: Mr. President, your Committee would 

 report that there were but few exhibits of collections and 

 those were hardly of a very high grade. The packages of 

 fruits exhibited for premiums were very good indeed, and we 

 were glad to award the highest premiums to those packages 

 ready for market. The single plates of fruit were all of 

 good quality, not affected by scale and very little fungus. 

 (The complete report will be found on page 178.) 



Mr. E. E. Brown reported for the Committee on the 

 Implement Exhibit, which comprised a very large and inter- 

 esting display in the lower hall. (The complete list of exhib- 

 its and exhibitors is given on page 180.) 



Election of Officers. 



President I^txaai : According to the program the 

 time has arrived for the election of officers. Is the committee 

 on nominations ready to report? 



