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(1) Mollusca, 172 



(2) Arachnlda, &v Spiders and Mites 172 



(3) Insects, (a) Upon Wheat, (b) Corn, (c) Clover, (d) Potatoes, (e) Cucur- 



bitaceous Plants, (f) Asparagus, (g) Cabbage, (h) Celery, (i) Po- 

 maceous Fruits, (j) Drupaceous Fruits, (k) Grapes, (1) In Granaries, 

 (m) In the Household, ( n) On Out-door Ornamental Plants, (o) Mis- 

 cellaneous Insects, 173 



(4) Birds, 176 



(5) Mammals 177 



(12) Report of Special Zoological Features During 1903: Insects, Birds, Mam- 

 mals , 177 



Report of Nursery Inspection in Pennsylvania 181 



(1.) PRESENT EQUIPMENT: 



During the year we found it necessary to move from the one small 

 room in the Bay Shoe Factory Building to four rooms on the third 

 floor of the Real Estate Building, corner Court avenue and Lo- 

 cust street. Our rooms are now equipped with a fine metal cab- 

 inet for insects and a nucleus of a collection to be placed therein, 

 all of the available bulletins of all the Experiment Stations 

 of the United States and the publications of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, scientific publications from 

 other sources, including certain current periodicals pertaining to 

 our subjects, a few necessary reference books by private pub- 

 lishers, a rapid mailing machine with 24,500 stencils, a mailing list of 

 over twenty-four thousand names, some apparatus for making col- 

 lections, three first-class pieces of spraying apparatus for practical 

 work and experimentation, a good case for card catalogues and card 

 indexes, photographic material, a dark room, tools and minor equip- 

 ment for the essential work of the Division. We have here a main 

 office room, a library reference room, a mailing room and a room 

 for preparing and preserving collections, keeping apparatus, etc. 



I should report the fact that during the year we have received 

 the following donations of valuable apparatus: The L. H. Kline 

 Company, Penusburg, Pa., one bucket spray pump and accessories; 

 The Deming Manufacturing Company, Salem, Ohio, one hand spray 

 pump and case, complete; The Goulds Manufacturing Company, 

 Seneca Falls, N. Y., one Barrel Kerowater Sprayer, complete; The 

 Ripley Hardware Company, Grafton, 111., one stock feed cooker 

 for boiling the liine-sulphur-salt wash, and the Animal Trap Com- 

 pany, Abington, 111., five dozen traps, assorted kinds. Acknowledg- 

 ment should also be made to the directors of the various Experi- 

 ment Stations, the United States Department of Agriculture, the 

 New York State Museum, etc., and to many publishers who have 

 freely responded to our calls and have sent their publications for use 

 in this office. Notwithstanding the present equipment, we sorely 

 need a few more recent books by private publishers, and named 



