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What the University, Through its Department of 

 Entomology, is Doing for the State.* 



1. For the State in General. 



2. For Each One of the 105 Counties in Particular. 



FOR THE STATE. 



1. Extended investigations in alfalfa culture and insect life, with 

 special reference to native grasshoppers. 



2. Increased alfalfa yield one-third by methods of culture devised 

 by this department and now uniformly used over the entire state. 



3. Demonstrated that bees largely increase the alfalfa seed yield. 



4. Four thousand copies of manual, fully illustrated, on bee culture 

 and management, distributed free over the state. 



5. Fifteen thousand copies of directions for dealing with injurious 

 grasshoppers, distributed over the state. 



6. Eight thousand fully illustrated bulletins on alfalfa culture dis- 

 tributed over the state. 



7. Eight thousand nine hundred and thirty-two boxes of green-bug 

 parasites distributed over the state, a check to the inroads of this most de- 

 structive wheat insect. 



8. Fifteen thousand bulletins, fully illustrated, on the green bug and 

 how to control it by proper culture and use of parasites. Assisted by 

 Professor Glenn and advanced students. 



9. Ten thousand bulletins, fully illustrated, on insects most injurious 

 to fruit trees, with Professor Headlee of the Agricultural College. 



10. Two thousand circulars of detailed information dealing with spe- 

 cial current problems. 



11. Detailed survey of orchards, 1,142,466 trees, in seven counties, and 

 the directions given owners for their management. 



12. Investigations looking toward control of woolly aphis and crown 

 gall, two of the most serious menaces to the nursery business. 



13. Eradication of San Jose scale from seven counties. 



14. Directed, in the past two years, 1910-'12, work of spraying 162,585 

 fruit trees. 



15. Annual examination of nursery stock, making possible its sale and 

 shipment. 



16. Inspection of all imports of nursery stock from foreign coun- 

 tries. In this there has been detected and destroyed about 5000 brown- 

 tail moths, an insect which is costing some of the eastern states in 

 remedial measures thousands of dollars annually. 



17. Survey each spring of wheat areas to detect presence of green 

 bug. This at the request of the millers and grain men. 



*_At the close of each biennium the Department is called upon for this information, 

 and it has accordingly been deemed advisable to place this data here in permanent form 

 for future reference. Since 1907 the activities of the Department along economic lines, 

 in accordance with the assignment of the Kansas State Entomological Commission, has 

 been confined to the southern half of the state. 



