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conditions governing the same. He cited the case of the city of Lynn, 

 where over 1,000 colonies of the gypsy moth had been exterminated. 



Mr. Fletcher suggested that the association should give formal expres- 

 sion of its opinion regarding the attempt being made by the State of 

 Massachusetts to stamp out this pest. 



Air. Smith stated that New Jersey devoutly hoped that the insect 

 would be kept within its present domain, and offered resolutions com 

 mending the work already accomplished by the State of Massachusetts 

 and urging the continuance of the same with liberal financial support. 



Mr. Webster moved the adoption of Mr. Smith's resolutions. The 

 motion was seconded by Mr. Hopkins and was carried by a unanimous 

 vote. 



The resolutions are as follows : 



Resolved, That in the opinion of this association the work done by the gypsy moth 

 committee in Massachusetts is of the utmost importance and value, not only to that 

 State, but to all the surrounding States and to the country at large. 



Resolved, That in our opinion the cessation of the work of that committee would 

 be a national misfortune, and a failure on the part of the State of Massachusetts to 

 continue it would be a calamity which would involve immense loss to the people of 

 that State and of the entire country. 



Resolved, That we have full confidence in the ability of the officers now in charge 

 of the work of this commission, as evidenced by the report recently issued, which 

 contains not only matter of extreme importance to the economic entomologist, but 

 of the highest value to the farmer and fruit grower. 



The association then adjourned until 2 o'clock p. m. 

 AFTERNOON SESSION, A TJGUST 22, 1896. 



Mr. Slingerland exhibited and explained a series of mounted photo- 

 graphs illustrating some of the subjects which have been under inves- 

 tigation by the department of entomology of the Cornell Experiment 

 Station during the year. The photographs were of insects, natural 

 size and enlarged, and represented also the different stages, manner of 

 work, and injuries to plants. Among other subjects, they covered the 

 saw-fly currant-borer, army worm, pear midge, codling moth, etc. The 

 photographs were exceptionally fine and strikingly emphasized the 

 value of this means of illustrating insects and insect work. Mr. Slin- 

 gerland gave a brief resume of some of the more important facts 

 relating to the subjects photographed, particularly the codling moth. 



In the discussion which followed, Mr. Slingerland stated in response 

 to a query from Mr. Smith, that the number of eggs deposited by a 

 single female codling moth had not been determined. 



With reference to the amount of arsenic which would be found in the 

 calyx of a sprayed apple, referring to some of the analyses made by 

 Mr. Slingerland, Mr. Smith said that we can hardly expect more than 

 a trace of this small portion on a single apple when one considers the 

 very small amount which goes on the entire tree, lie believed that a 

 very slight trace would be ample to cause death of the codling moth 

 lai va in its newly hatched state. 



