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thing he buys. Just as with FertiHzer. A man must first be able 

 to guarantee a certain amount of essential elements, and this per- 

 centage of essential elements must be printed on the outside. In our 

 State, before a man can sell Arsenate of Lead, London Purple, or 

 Paris Green, he must first have those goods analyzed by an agricul- 

 tural station. He must record what he claims is in that article. 

 And if he fails to come up to the requirements, he is subject to a 

 fine. The bill was brought into being perhaps to protect the average 

 unfortunate fruit grower from being swindled by some adventurer. 

 It is certainly worthy of your support. A similar motion has been 

 adopted by our State Association and by our local society; and we 

 are anxious to push it. It is supported by the manufacturers them- 

 selves, by the agricultural chemists, by the experiment stations, and 

 all the agricultural stations. There is a lobby against it, and the 

 very fellows who are lobbying against it, are the very ones it is in- 

 tended to reach. 



E. C. Tyson. Mr. Chairman : I am very glad to know that 

 Michigan has taken up the matter of protection within the State. 

 This National law will protect us against adulterated spray material 

 being shipped to us from other States. If we can accomplish this, 

 we shall be in line to have a similar law adopted by our own State. 

 Legislature for protection against manufacturers within- the State. 

 I therefore move, Mr. Chairman, that this Association go on record 

 as being in favor of this bill ; and that everything possible be done 

 to encourage its passage. 



Member. I move to amend the motion by instructing that our 

 corresponding secretary inform the proper persons of our action. 

 (Adopted.) 



I would like to ask Mr. Bassett if he is acquainted with the 

 proposed National Legislation for the inspection of nursery stock 

 shipped into this country. 



Mr. Bassett. I am not acquainted with the details of that bill. 

 I know that it is a good measure, because backed by the men who 

 have the work in charge. It is a proper measure ; we supported it. 



E. C. Tyson. Professor Symons called my attention to 

 this matter this morning. He said it was necessary for the State of 

 Maryland to examine over a million specimens that came into the 

 port of Baltimore in the year just past, thus making it necessary for 

 Maryland to bear the expense of the inspection of nursery stock 

 that was going through Maryland for other States. I do not re- 

 member his figures ; but they found considerable quantities of Brown 

 Tail Moth in these importations. I understand that Mr. Engle, our 

 Nursery Inspector, and his assistant, spent several months in Phil- 

 adelphia during this past season on that work. Some of that was 

 intended for distribution through this State, of course, but some of 

 it passed into other States. It is not proper for Pennsylvania to 

 bear all the expense of that examination. All who have been read- 

 ing the fruit papers this summer know what excitement was cre- 

 ated through the importation of infected apple seedlings, which were 

 distributed through parts of this State and New York. Fortunately 

 the inspectors were able to follow it up, and quantities of the Brown 

 Tail Moth were found and destroyed. It is a serious question. The 

 New England States can tell us what it means. They are spending 



