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is the place to which to send the overworked, the despondent, the 

 nervous. But the country with its pure and wholesome recreations, 

 its close communion with nature, is equally good for mature men 

 and w^omen who are in sound health. Just as the country makes 

 boys and girls sound in body and mind, so it keeps men and women 

 in the normal state of body and mind. 



It must not be forgotten, that every industrious person in the 

 country is able to provide for himself and his familj^, needed food 

 and clothing. The intense competition, the extremes of poverty, the 

 unwholesome over-crowding, the immoral environments of great 

 cities and many smaller towns, are not found in the country. 

 Every one can have a comfortable home, be well fed, and warmly 

 clothed, and free from the thousand worries of the poor in the cities. 



^'There is no isolation. There is fredom, splendid freedom from 

 servile care where the wind blows free over range and forest, and if 

 the multitude of humble bread getters in the cities could only be 

 brought to realize the advantages of country life, the tenements 

 would show a surprising depopulation. In the country, the rich 

 find greatest recreation and the extremely poor a better living than 

 they could glean from the world elsewhere," 



It is unjust to all rural dwellers that these misleading statements 

 should be continued. Rural dwellers are no more, but really less 

 subject to this sad affliction than town dwellers. A recognized au- 

 thority on nervous diseases writes from the West: "It has always 

 been my firm conviction that the outcry against farming life in rela- 

 tion to phychic disease is not based upon facts, but is the offspring 

 of deeply rooted superstition.'' 



Many persons have an idea that disease originates in the country 

 and is carried to cities. This is incorrect. The closer people live 

 together, the better disease flourishes. Disease is always prevalent 

 in cities and towns and spreads thence to rural districts. This is 

 true of communicable diseases like tuberculosis, diphtheria, typhoid 

 fever, smallpox, etc. There is no doubt at all about the truth of this 

 statement. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



By PROF. H. A. SURFACE, Entoviologtut. 



May I be permitted to say, as a preface, that I recognize at pre- 

 sent, more than ever before, the importance of these annual agricul- 

 tural meetings, and the presentation of reports by specialists. At 

 one time the question came to my mind, as to why this should be, 

 but now, however, I recognize the importance to our agriculturists, 

 of having specialists who will watch throughout the year for im- 

 portant developments in their respective fields, who will annually 

 give to their fellow laborers a brief review of the progress of their 

 respective subjects during the year, and offer suggestions that may 

 be useful for the future. 



1. As an Entomologist, it is my duty to report upon the most 

 conspicuous injurious insects coming to our attention during the 



