February, ’20] 
FELT: EUROPEAN CORN BORER 
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sciousness of this privilege, realized little by little in the course of the 
day’s work, there can come abiding joy. 
Vice-President Ruggles: Is it your pleasure to discuss the 
address at this time? 
Mr. C. L. Marlatt: I have been very much pleased in listening 
to this discourse. I think we all have been interested in the philo¬ 
sophical discussion of a broad subject. I think the greatest compliment 
to Professor O’Kane is to accept this address as a thoughtful, well- 
rounded subject, of interest to all of us and helpful to all of us. In 
lieu of discussion, if I have sensed the situation, I should be glad to 
move a vote of thanks and appreciation to the President for the 
Address. 
Mr. P. J. Parrott: I rise to second the motion. I feel like repeat¬ 
ing what Mr. Marlatt has just said. We have listened to this address 
with a great deal of pleasure. It is one which I think will prove 
profitable because of its common sense and its idealism. It has left 
us little to elaborate upon. 
The motion was unanimously carried. 
Vice-President Ruggles: The next paper on the program is 
“The European Corn Borer Problem,” by Dr. E. P. Felt. 
THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER PROBLEM 
By E. P. Felt, State Entomologist, Albany, N. Y. 
Although the moths were reared in 1916, the insect was not recog¬ 
nized as a pest and carefully studied until the following summer. The 
investigations were continued in 1918, and the results are given in 
detail in the Massachusetts Bulletin (1). 
Spread 
A moderate extension of the infested territory was noted in 1918 
and was followed in 1919 by the discovery of two widely separated 
infestations in New York state and an apparently very great increase 
in the infested area of Massachusetts, the latter extending from Cape 
Cod into southeastern New Hampshire. The known spread of the 
insect is summarized in the following statement: 
Area Infested 
December, 1917 
Massachusetts. 100 square miles 
Massachusetts 
December, 1918 
320 square miles 
