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experiments and tests already being carried on in Pennsylvania 
and backed up by ample funds. To appropriate large sums to 
duplicate these experiments or to apply a method of control 
which has not been tested and which is pretty certain to fail, 
would be unwise to say the least. If-scientific research has any 
practical method of control in store for us in the near future, 
it will be much casier to obtain money to put it into operation 
if we proceed wisely now, and do not waste our public funds 
on a visionary and impracticable scheme. 
Owners of chestnut timber in any state are advised to make 
the best possible use of the present growth, for it may be the 
last. This timber represents money and you should stand on 
your rights and demand a very good reason before allowing the 
summary destruction of this timber or the impairment of its 
value by a glut of the market. Utilization is the big issue. 
See that you are advised of the progress of the disease, appro- 
priating money for this if necessary, and market your timber 
as it approaches. Be business-like and accept the inevitable 
in time to make the best of it. 
Owners of chestnut orchards anywhere within the affected 
area are advised to give up at once the idea that these orchards 
can be saved by treatment. If the soil is suitable for apples or 
other fruit trees, it would be well to plant these at once between 
the rows. Those who have chestnut trees for shade or orna- 
ment on their lawns are advised to replace them with other 
trees as soon as they become unsightly. There is no known 
method of saving a chestnut tree after it is once attacked by 
the canker, and money spent in an attempt to do this would 
be simply thrown away. 
The writer’s reasons for believing that the canker cannot be 
controlled in the forest by the cutting out method are as follows: 
Wuy THE CHESTNUT CANKER CANNOT BE CONTROLLED. 
1. It is impossible to locate all advance infections, these not 
being apparent even under close inspection. 
It is practically impossible to cut down and burn all infected 
trees after their discovery. 
