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it has become so distributed or well established as to make a success- 

 ful outcome improbable. 



Mr. Morgan called attention to the Texas-fever problem, which 

 seemed to him of national importance. This problem, for reasons 

 which are at once evident on considering the history of our knowledge 

 of the disease, is largely in the hands of the veterinarian. Since, 

 however, its relation to the cattle tick has become known, it seems 

 that entomologists, throughout the quarantined section at least, could 

 aid very materially the problem of tick extermination by devoting 

 some time to life history and habit study and by cooperation with 

 farmers willing to eradicate the cattle tick from their places. The 

 extermination of the cattle tick from the United States is quite 

 possible under an aggressive educational and cooperative campaign. 



Mr. Sanderson, referring to an objection of Mr. Webster's, said 

 that it was true there was a sharp distinction between plant diseases 

 and human diseases, but that he thought the comparison ought to 

 be made rather between the diseases of domestic animals and plant 

 diseases. The laws concerning the diseases of domestic animals are 

 even more drastic than those relating to human disease. He agreed 

 that it was too late to attempt the extermination under national con- 

 trol of such well-established insects as the San Jose scale or the 

 brown-tail moth. 



Air. Rolfs thought the time more favorable for national legislation 

 than ISO". Nurserymen take a very different view of the matter 

 now from that held then. 



Mr. Hunter believed that the time was ripe for national legislation. 

 He felt that there had been arising for several years a stronger and 

 stronger belief in its advisabilitv. He moved that a committee of 

 five be appointed to report before the end of the present meeting, 

 making recommendations regarding the National control of intro- 

 duced insect pests. The motion was carried. The Chair appointed 

 a- such committee Messrs. Hunter. Sanderson. Morrill. Howard, and 

 Hinds. 



MORNING ttESSlOX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1906. 

 BOLL-WEEVIL SYMPOSIUM. 



The following papers on the boll weevil were presented, the dis- 

 cussion being postponed until the entire series had been read: 



THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE MEXICAN COTTON BOLL WEEVIL. 



By W. D. Hunter. Washington, D. C. 



[Withdrawn for publication elsewhere.] 



