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Eeceiitly the preparation of bulletins, correspondence and other 

 duties within the office have been so great as to preclude the pos- 

 sibility of })ul)lic addresses, and we are forced to deny ourselves 

 the pleasure and benefits of going into the various counties, and 

 meeting the citizens personally. I would call attention to that fact 

 that it is very important, if we are going to give the proper services 

 to the residents of the different portions of this State, that I be given 

 an opportunity to become personally acquainted with the condi- 

 tions surrounding them in the different ^localities. There is nothing 

 that will give me this knowledge better than to go into the various 

 regions of the State, and see these conditions for myself. Before 

 one can tell how to combat the pests in any one locality, he must 

 understand every particidar feature of his subject, as well as the 

 methods of farming, kinds of crops, rotation of crops, methods and 

 time of planting and cultivating, etc., as is practiced in the various 

 portions of our Commonwealth. A competent office assistant 

 would help me greatly in this regard by making it possible for me 

 to get away from the routine duties of the desk. 



(8.) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS/ 



(a.) For Material or Apparatus Donated: 



(1.) To many citizens of Pennsylvania we acknowledge our in- 

 debtedness for the specimens contributed — either donated or loaned 

 — for the St. Louis Exposition Collection. 



(2.) The Deniing Manufacturing Company', Salem, Ohio, one spray 

 pump. 



(3.) The Ripley Hardware Company, Grafton, 111., one feed-cooker 

 for boiling the lirae-sulphur-salt wash. 



(4.) Mr. L. H. Kline, manufacturer, Tennsburg, Pa., one Eagle 

 spray pump, complete. 



(5.) The Goulds Manufacturing Company, Seneca Falls, N. Y., one 

 barrel sprayer, complete. 



(6.) The Animal Trap Company, Abbingdou, 111., several stop- 

 thief traps, and other traps for collecting purposes. 



(b.) For Publications: 



(1.) Books and Bulletins. — We have received bulletins or books 

 from the following sources: U. S. Department of Agriculture — 

 Division of Entomology, Division of Biological Survey, Bureau of 

 Forestry, Bureau of i\nimal Industry, The "Weather Bureau, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, Bureau of Chemistry and Office of Experiment 

 Stations; bulletins from all of the experiment stations of the 

 United States and from Canada and England. Reports from the 

 various State Boards of Agriculture, bulletins and reports from the 

 New York State Museum, the Illinois State Museum of Natural 

 History, the different Styte Nursery Inspectors, the British Museum 

 (Natural History), etc. 



