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interests of the farmers and horsemen of the country as the mowing- 

 machine, telegraph, or other means of economizing time and labor. 

 It reduces to the lowest degree cruelty and abuse. It secures the 

 most positive docility in a few moments of even the most vicious 

 horses, as can be seen by the results of the above experiments. It is 

 entirely impossible to convey a proper conception of the great value 

 of the treatment unless shown by practical demonstration. 



We would, therefore, state that Professor Magner has even more 

 than sustained the high position he has assumed before the Club, and 

 that he is a reformer of great merit, and deserving of the encourage- 

 ment and the assistance of all who desire to promote the true interests 

 of society in the humane and skillful treatment of horses. 



S. E. TODD. 



J. W. CHAMBERS. 



D. S. MOULTON". 

 Adjourned. 



April 23, 1872. 



Nathan C. Ely, Esq. , in the chair ; Mr. John W. Chambers, Secretary. 



The Quince Borer. 



Samuel Seeley, Trumbull, Conn, whose quince orchard had suffered 

 severely by the attacks of these insinuating pests, asked advice 

 regarding the proper warfare to be pursued, and " are these the same 

 as the borers that molest the apple trees ? " 



Mr. R. J. Dodge — Extermination is the word, and a wire the 

 weapon. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble — The borer in this man's quince orchard is what 

 is usually called the apple-tree borer {Superda bivittata). There are 

 probably few owners of quince trees aware of the presence of this 

 enemy till too late. Some years ago several quince orchards were planted 

 in my neighborhood, and, although well cared for in other respects, 

 the trees are now all dead, except in one orchard ; in that the borer 

 was discovered in time, and being faithfully hunted out and killed, the 

 trees are healthy and productive. The borer is more fatal to the 

 quince tree than to the apple, because, being smaller and of slower 

 growth, the wounds are not so soon healed. Another thing. The 

 chips or borings so readily seen, and proving the presence of the 

 borer in the apple tree, are not so visible in the quince, because the 

 entrance is generally under-ground. But, when large-sized gimlet- 



