attached or possibly a wire in the end of a 
long pole, with the end bent over at an angle 
and hammered into a sharp V shape could be 
hooked over the cocoon in such a way as to 
easly pullit down. 
4. Explicit instruction should be given 
that the cocoons when thus removed should 
be collected and burned. 
5. Possibly it would be well for the Asso- 
ciation to consult with the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, or 
the nearest Agriculture Station of this Depart- 
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ment (which probably is at Cornell University) 
asking advice regarding the best methods, 
In any event, I think whatever is doné 
must be of such a nature as shall alarm the 
people as to the menace which these cocoons 
are to the shade trees and insure a practical 
mode of dealing with them. 
On motion, Mr. Hunt was requesteu to 
communicate with the proper State and Na+ 
tional institutions or departments, asking 
for advice on the subject, and to report at 
the next meeting, 
