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is systematically oriraiiized. Tlio loral nianac^cr In each county is 

 usually llu' ik-isou sclccLcd by the Af^iiculUiral Society of the county 

 as ils Vepresenlative upon the State Board of Agriculture, and it is 

 to be presumed that the most active farmers of the several counties 

 are members of the Agriculluial Society and that they will select 

 one of the most capable of their number to represent them upon this 

 important Board. In case the Agricultural Society of a county 

 fails to elect a representative upon the State Board, or if the person 

 elected is not so situated as to be able to take charge of the Institute 

 work lor his county [n condition that rarely occurs), the State Dire-- 

 tor of Institutes, after securing such information as enables him to 

 choose wisely, makes the selection of the county manager; so that 

 there is but little chance of failure to get the right man. The 

 local manager, in compliance with the provisions of the Act of 

 Assembly, has the assistance of a local county committee, composed 

 of representatives of such county agricultural associations as exist 

 in the county. With this complete organization of the work, extend 

 iug from the local managment up to the Department, where the 

 efficient Deputy Secretary and Institute Director has control, the 

 phenominal success of the Institute work in our State is not to be 

 regarded as a matter of wonder or surprise. Great care is taken 

 in the selection of institute instructors, so that none but the be.?t 

 that it is possible to secure with the means provided by the General 

 Assembly, are employed. Every one placed upon the lecture force 

 is expected not only to understand the theory of the subjects upon 

 which he engages to give instruction, but he must have had the 

 experience necessary to enable him to know, with certainty, how his 

 theories work out when put into practice. As far as is possible, lady 

 assistants are secured to give instruction upon subjects relating to 

 ll«»us('hold Economics and tlie conduct of al'i'airs about the home. 



BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY. 



The woi'k of this Bureau during the year was conducted with the 

 same activity (hat has characterized all of its operations since my 

 connection with the Department. The cooperative investigations 

 begun by this Department and the National Department of Agricul- 

 ture, of the injurious effects of certain insects to the grape industry, 

 so ini];orl;uit to the northwest section of the State, and the remedies 

 for the same, was continued during the year. The work of nursery 

 and orchard inspection provided for by Act of Assembly was carried 

 forward with great activity and many demonstrations were giv(m by 

 the field agents of the Bureau, in difTerent parts of the State, of the 

 methods to be employed for the destruction of the San Jos6 Scale 

 and other insects injurious to fruit and destructive to fruit trees. 

 The monthly bulletins, edited by the Chief of the Bureau, full of in- 

 foi-ination for fruit growers and farmers generally, made their 

 regular visits to forty thousand homes of the State. Many visits 

 were made by the Economic Zoologist, personally, as well as by 

 agents of tlic Bureau, to diiTeicnt sections of the State, to make 

 observations concerning conditions reported to the Department by 

 farmers who felt the need of instruction with regard to methods to 

 be employed for the destruction of pests that were injuring their 

 crops. In the absence of a Divisicm of Botany and a Bureau tf 

 Vegetable Pathology, the Zoologiiul Bureau did much to help out 



