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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XIV. No. 362. 



Professor 8. A. Forbes, of the University 

 of Illinois, presided. With regard to the 

 limits of time within which nurseries may 

 be inspected, it was found impossible to 

 determine upon any definite period for all 

 States, since the local conditions, require- 

 ments of State law, and other demands of 

 State inspectors rendered uniformity in 

 this matter impossible. In a discussion of 

 the nursery pests which are to be regarded 

 as dangerous enough to influence the grant- 

 ing of a certificate those mentioned by dif- 

 ferent inspectors as of chief importance in- 

 cluded the crown gall, peach yellows, pear 

 blight, San Jose scale, woolly aphis and 

 sinuate pear borer. In a discussion of the 

 question of the best insecticide for orchards 

 infested with San Jose scale, the fact* was 

 brought out that the results of experiments 

 with kerosene, crude petroleum and me- 

 chanical combinations of both these sub- 

 stances with water were not uniform in 

 difierent States. Resolutions were passed 

 to the effect that the time of inspection 

 should be left to the discretion of the in- 

 spector of each State ; that the certificate 

 should not extend beyond the time of the 

 beginning of the breeding period of the 

 San Jose scale for the next year ; that one 

 form of certificate should be issued as a rule, 

 which should be so worded that the stock 

 could be sold after objectionable stock had 

 been treated, as suggested by the inspector ; 

 and that in States which required inspec- 

 tion of nursery stock the expenses of in- 

 spection should be borne by the State. 



The report of the section on entomology 

 presented by Professor M. V. Slingerland, 

 of the Cornell University Experiment Sta- 

 tion, reviewed the progress of entomology 

 during the past year, especially as regards 

 instruction, investigation and inspection. 

 At the meeting of the section the following 

 papers were read : ' A Year's Experience 

 with Crude Petroleum in New Jersey,' by 

 Professor J. B. Smith, of the New Jersey 



Experiment Stations ; ' Some of the most 

 Important Insects in Massachusetts,' by 

 Professor H. T. Fernald, of the Massachu- 

 setts Hatch Experiment Station; ' The Time 

 of Emergence and Oviposition of the Spring 

 Brood of the Hessian Fly,' by H. Garman, 

 of the Kentucky Experiment Station ; * Life 

 History of the Sugar Cane Borer in Louisi- 

 ana,' by Professor H. A. Morgan, of the 

 Louisiana Experiment Stations ; ' Florida 

 Observations and Experimental Work,' by 

 H. A. Gossard, of the Experiment Station 

 of Florida; ' Apple Aphids,' by E. D. San- 

 derson ; ' A Folding Fumigator,' by F. A. 

 Sirrine, of the New York State Experi- 

 ment Station. 



The report of the section on mechanic 

 arts was presented by Professor H. W. 

 Tyler, of the Boston School of Technology. 

 This gave at some length the progress of 

 instruction in mechanic arts during the 

 year. 



A reception tendered to the Association 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture and Miss 

 Wilson was numerously attended by the 

 delegates and their ladies, and was thor- 

 oughly enjoyed by all who participated in it. 



The following officers of the Association 

 for the ensuing year were elected : 



President, W. M. Liggett, of the College 

 of Agriculture of the University of Minne- 

 sota; Vice-Presidents, W. 0. Thompson, 

 of the Ohio State University ; H. J. Waters, 

 of the University of Missouri ; J. H. Wash- 

 burn, of the Rhode Island College of Agri- 

 culture and Mechanic Arts ; J, H. Worst, 

 of the North Dakota Agricultural College ; 

 and J. C. Hardy, of the Mississippi Agri- 

 cultural and Mechanical College ; Secretary- 

 Treasurer, E. B. Voorhees, of the New 

 Jersey Experiment Stations ; Bibliographer, 

 A. C. True, of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture ; Executive Committee, G. W. Ather- 

 ton, of the Pennsylvania State College ; H. 

 H. Goodell, of the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College ; Alexis Cope, of the Univer- 



