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grass in the morning and the rest at night, and the keeper 

 said the horse felt better after that. There was no harm done. 



Mr. Taber. I would like to say a word in regard to the 

 San Jose scale. If I had heard nothing before about it, and 

 had it on my place, I should be discouraged, because the pro- 

 fessor has told us it is almost impossible to find all of the 

 scales. That it is difficult to eradicate is true. But the 

 man who owned that large orchard I described has it on his 

 trees and he is not discouraged, for he knows he can keep 

 them in check. They came from two trees that he set out 

 some seven years ago, but after three years it had spread to 

 only about five trees, and within the last two years it has 

 spread to one hundred and fifty trees. I say, do not get 

 discouraged. If you have it, fight it. We have to fight all 

 these enemies. Professor Slingerland has had a great deal 

 of experience in that line, and he tells us not to destroy our 

 trees unless they are very thoroughly infested, because we 

 can by the use of insecticides destroy these scales. If you 

 have a tree that is not worth anything, you might just as 

 well destroy it, of course. But this scale is not such a 

 terrible enemy, after all, if we are ready to fight it. There 

 is no use in backing out. We want to go to work and 

 eradicate it. 



Mr. W. A. KrLBOURN (of South Lancaster). I desire to 

 make a motion, which is especially deserved. It is that the 

 Board of Agriculture thanks the mayor of the city, the Board 

 of Trade, the poet, the Orient Quartette, the officers of the 

 Bristol County Agricultural Society, the Reed & Barton 

 Corporation and Senator Black for the courtesies and hospi- 

 table treatment which have made this public winter meeting 

 so enjoyable. 



Secretary Sessions. I rise to second that motion. This 

 Board has been treated with great consideration and hospi- 

 tality in every place where the public winter meeting has 

 been held. Taunton is by no means behind in this respect, 

 and I heartily second the motion . 



The Chairman. All in favor of the motion, please rise. 

 It is a unanimous vote. We are now about to close one of 

 the most profitable and interesting series of meetings that 

 this Board has ever held. I wish to announce also that the 



