New Britain herald., 1915-02-02
STATE PONOLOC|STS
 2,MEET IN HARTFORD
1wenty-tourlh Annual Meeting oi
 Society Held.


 Monday and today kept down the at tendance at the opening session of the tWertyfOurth annual meeting of the Connecticut Pomological society. in Foot Guard hall today and it was much smaller than usual. The meet ing will continue Wednesday and Thursday. There is a display of apples in the hall, in boxes and on frames, and on one side are the exhibits of the Connecticut Vege- table Growers association in wide variety.
 President Stancliff Hale of Glaston bury presided.
 Poor Fruit Year.
 Secretary Henry c. c. Miles of Milford reviewed the fruit growing conditions of 1914 in his report and emphasized the need of better mar keting methods. He said it was not a full crop year in Connecticut for peaches and apples. Less fruit was shipped out of the state than usual. The membership of the society is $50, a gain of 106 for the year. The sec retary recommended an annual fruit exhibition in late November or early December and the holding of the an nua1 meeting of the society at the same time.
 Charles L. Gold of Cornwall, for the committee on legislation, made reference to proposed bills, includ- ing one for dealing with the so-called deer nuisance. This provides for an open season, the first two weeks in ha fn ha stricted to owners of land, also that a property owner may kill at any time a deer doing damage to crops.
 Charles F.. Lyman of Middlefeld for the committee on transportation said 1914 was disappointing and unfortu nate for fruit growers, owing to drouth and bad markets. Other re- ports of a minor character were sub mitted.
 Britton on Insects.
 Dr. William E. BrittOn of New Ha- ven, state entomOlOgiSt and chairman of the committee on injurious insects submitted his report, saying that the chief chronological feature in 1914 was the discovery Oi the gypsy moth in several towns in eastern Connecti cut. The pest is now present in eleven towns in Windham county and in seven in New London county. This widespread condition is believed to be due to an easterly gale which blew the newly matched caterpillars long distances. More than S22,40O was spent by the federal government and $4,000 by the state in dealing with the situation. pr. Britton referred to the two bills before the general assembly relating to the subject, one asking for $3O,O to be used Tn two years, S5,0oO to become immediately avail able, the other providing that town and cities and private owners take decisive measures to suppress the moths Dr. Britton announced that prizes offered to school children re- suited in the destruction of more than 1O,O0O,000 tent caterpillar clus- ters, and yet" said he the tent caterpillar was never more abundant than in 1914" Methods of dealing with various orchard pests were out lined by Dr. Britton.
 Dr. G. P. Clinton Speaks.
 Dr. George P. Clinton of New Ha- ven reported on funguous diseases, giving in detail the results of spray ing experiments. The trees treated were apple, beach, plum and cherry He recommended certain mixtures which could be used with more or less success, saying lime sulphur has been found effective. Addresses were given at the after noon session by pr. Clinton, pr. H. l J. Wheeler of Boston and pr. E. H. 1 Jenkins.
 This evening President Howard ] Eliot of the New Haven road will ad- ] dress the meeting on ''The Relations l Between the Farmer and the Rail- 1