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WORK OX TIIK WHITE FIXE BLISTER Rl’ST IX MIXXESOTA 
Entomologist of Wisconsin, and now Economic Zoologist of Pennsyl- 
vania. The letter is dated October 23, 1916. 
“A short time ago I attended a gathering of State Inspectors of New 
England, New York and Pennsylvania at Fall River, Mass., where I went 
into the field and observed the v/ork of the blister rust after about eight or 
nine years’ standing. The destructive possibilities of the blister rust are 
truly amazing in these districts, where we found white pines five inches in 
diameter completely girdled, and Itranches up to twelve feet in length on 
old thirty- to forty-foot pines completely destroyed.” 
11. A conference to consider the necessary measures for the sup- 
pression of the White Pine P)lister Rust in Minnesota and Wisconsin 
was called in Dean Woods' office October 28. 
There were present : Dr. Haven iMetcalf , head of office of Forest 
Pathology, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agricul- 
ture; Dr. E. D. Ball, of the Mhsconsin Nursery Inspection Service; 
Dean A. E. Woods; Dr. E. M. Freeman; Professor E. L. Washburn; 
Mr. D. P. Tierney, of the Minnesota Forest Service, and Professor 
E. G. Cheyney. 
There were represented: The V. S. Department of Agriculture; 
the Nursery Inspection Service of Wisconsin ; the Lhiiversity and Nurs- 
ery Inspection Service of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Forestry 
Service and the Forestry Association. After an exhaustive discus- 
sion of the subject, all those ])resent subscribed to the following 
resolution : 
Whereas, the white pine blister rust is a menace to our native white 
pine; and. 
Whereas, the disease is known to be present in Minnesota and Wis- 
consin; and. 
Whereas, the spread of this disease means the destruction of all future 
growth of white pine in these states; and, 
Y’hereas, the definite location of these infections is not known; there- 
fore. 
Be it resolved, that the legislatures of Wisconsin and ^Minnesota be 
requested to make an adequate appropriation each year of the coming 
biennium for the purpose of scouting out the infection with a view to 
working out the best remedial measures. 
For tlie next biennium, if the people of IMinnesota desire the state 
to make an effort to eradicate this most destructive disease, men and 
monev are necessary. The exact program and expense involved will 
have to be determined by a conference of officials and experts inter- 
ested. It is safe to assume that an efficient survey and campaign of 
eradication will call for the expenditure of a large sum of money. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
I take i)leasure in ex])ressing our appreciation of your co-operation, 
and at the same time that of the State Treasurer. and State Auditor, 
which has enabled us to accomplish much more than would have been 
possible otherwise. AT owe much to the co-operation of the U. S. 
