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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN CORN BORER 
Resolutions adopted by representatives of the United States 
and Canadian Departments of Agriculture, the New England 
States, New York and New Jersey Departments of Agriculture, 
Conservation, Forestry and Entomology at Albany, November 
16, 1922. 
RESOLUTIONS 
Resolved, that it is the sense of this conference, composed of 
foresters, agriculturists, entomologists, and administrative 
officials from the New England States, New \ork and New Jer¬ 
sey and representatives of the United States Department of 
Agriculture and the Dominion of Canada, held at Albany, New 
York, November 16, 1922; 
That, we approve the efforts made by State, Federal and 
Canadian authorities to control the corn borer, 
That, we express a deep concern at the marked increase in 
the seriousness of the infestation shown in certain areas, 
That, we emphasize the need of practical methods of hand¬ 
ling extensive weed infestations in suburban and market gar¬ 
den areas. 
That, we believe every reasonable effort should be made to 
restrict the spread of this insect, and. 
That, we express our great appreciation of the work of the 
Canadian authorities through detailed investigation and effect¬ 
ive control in badly infested areas, and we particularly com¬ 
mend their hearty cooperation in facilitating the transfer of 
produce from Canada to the United States. 
CONFERENCE ON GYPSY MOTH 
Resolutions adopted by representatives of the United States 
and Canadian Departments of Agriculture, the New England 
States, New York and New Jersey Departments of Agriculture, 
Conservation. Forestry and Entomology at Albany, November 
16, 1922. 
RESOLUTIONS 
Whereas, the gypsy moth is one of the most destructive in¬ 
sect pests affecting forest, shade, fruit and park trees; and 
enormous damage has been caused by this insect in New Eng 
land; and upwards of twenty mllions of dollars have been ex¬ 
pended by these states and the Federal government in their 
efforts at suppression and control, and, 
Whereas, the spread of this insect constitutes a serious men¬ 
ace to the forest, shade, fruit and park trees of New York State 
and the territory south and west thereof, and, 
Whereas, it has been demonstrated that in local infestations, 
as in the case of New Jersey, complete eradication may be pos¬ 
sible, and that over wide areas general control measures to re¬ 
duce damage and injury are practicable, and, 
Whereas, owing to topographic features, distribution of dif¬ 
ferent kinds of trees and feeding habits of the insect, it is be¬ 
lieved that a control zone should be established from Long Is¬ 
land Sound, in a general northerly course, east of the Hudson 
River, through New York or New England, or both, for the pur¬ 
pose of permanently preventing the spread of this insect, there¬ 
fore, 
Be it resolved, that it is the sense of this conference com¬ 
posed of foresters, agriculturists, entomologists and adminis¬ 
trative officials, from the New England States, New York and 
New Jersey and representatives of the United States Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture and the Dominion of Canada, held at Al¬ 
bany, N. Y., November 16th, 1922. 
That, sufficient appropriation should be obtained by the 
states interested and the Federal government for the purpose 
of continuing and strengthening present control methods in the 
infested areas, to eradicate the New Jersey infestation, to do 
necessary scouting for the discovery and destruction of border 
infestations, to determine the location of the most practicable 
place for a control zone, to take necessary steps to make con 
trol therein effective, and for the destruction of all infestations 
in and west of said zone. 
FI HE AT THE •MOON'S" NURSERIES 
About 2 o’clock on the morning of December 4th a 
lire was discovered in the office building of the \Y. II. 
Moon Company. Morrisville. Pa., by tin* night fireman- 
watchman. Immediately be sounded an alarm In a few 
minutes men employed in the organization, housed on the 
premises, were at the scene of the fire with a fire equip¬ 
ment of chemical kept constantly in readiness for such 
an emergency. With this equipment, they held the fire 
in restraint until engines from Morrisville had responded 
to a phone call. 
In addition to the chemical used by the Morrisville 
Company, a hose line was run from the Pennsylvania 
canal near by, so that in about a half hour, the fire was 
extinguished. 
It was found that the cause of the fire likely had been 
a faulty gas pipe emitting gas, which became ignited 
when it reached the boiler, employed as a heater for the 
building. 
Letter tiles of the Company were badly damaged. The 
mailing lists were also partially destroyed along with 
some of the desks and furniture. In going over the letter 
files and cards that composed the mailing list, it was dis¬ 
covered that many at first thought completely damaged 
were legibile, but the mass of charred, smokey papers has 
caused a state of confusion with this part of the office 
records that is bound to give a good deal of inconven¬ 
ience for months to come. 
The beat in the office building badly scorched the 
structure, and cracked the plaster. The smoke further 
damaged the walls so that it will be necessary to entire¬ 
ly renovate the inside of the building. The exterior, 
however, is in a substantial and good condition. On the 
ruins of the boiler room there is already under way a 
new addition to the office building, which is much need¬ 
ed by the firm during the Spring season. When this is 
completed and renovations made, the company again 
hope to have the comfortable, attractive office facilities 
that they have enjoyed for a number of years past. 
The extent of the damage is not yet fully known, but 
we presume it to be in the neighborhood of $ 3000 . which 
is well covered by insurance. 
INVENTIONS EXPOSITION 
Our trade or profession is an extremely unselfish and 
altruistic one so that Nurserymen are not likely to be 
much in evidence at Inventions Exposition which will be 
held in Grand Central Palace, New York. February 17th 
to 22nd, 1923. Its object is to bring capital and inven¬ 
tive genius together and to show the public the progress 
that has been made in the various lines of Manufactures. 
Trade and Commerce. 
Anyone with a developed and patented specialty, new 
invention, device, labor saving plan, process, formula, 
idea or anything salable, may exhibit, for which suitable 
prizes will be awarded. 
It is too bad our trade has not the protection and en¬ 
couragement as other lines of effort such as those that 
can patent their ideas. Anyhow it should be worth a visit 
as one can hardly imagine a place more likely to breed 
germs of progress than such a collection of the results 
of original thinking. 
MORE RULRS PUT UPON UNLIMITED ENTRY LIST 
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has authorized, for 
a period not to exceed three years, beginning January 1. 
1923. the addition of the following eight kinds of bulbs 
