78 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



THE ANNUAL KEPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ZOOLOGY OF 

 THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



To the Secretary of Agriculture: 



Dear Sir: I take pleasure in herewith presenting to you my 

 Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of Zoology of the Department 

 of Agriculture. During the year 1914 the work of this Bureau has 

 made satisfactory progress, giving proper attention to the estab- 

 lished duties of the office, and also embracing such new features as 

 in the course of the year were found necessary or advisable. 



It is my pleasure to recognize the efficiency of the employees, and 

 to call especial attention to the interest shown by the field men, 

 or inspectors and demonstrators, in the successful prosecution of 

 their duties. Every person has apparently striven to his utmost 

 capacity to make the work successful in reaching the public in such 

 a way as to rendering efficient and satisfactory service. 



The work of the Bureau has been prosecuted through various 

 channels, such as personal correspondence or letters, publications 

 in the form of both the Bi-Monthly Bulletin and the Weekly News 

 Letter, the Nursery Inspection Work, the Apiary Inspection Ser- 

 vice, the Inspection of Importations, the Public Demonstration 

 Work, known as Orchard Demonstrations, and additional orchard 

 work known as Supervision Orchards, as well as indirect Inspection 

 of Orchards and Farms for destructive insects and plant diseases, 

 with the addition of the Inspection of Granaries to detect granary 

 pests and give all needed assistance where possible; and also Lec- 

 tures, as well as Investigations, and the publication of results, and 

 such other means as appear to be desirable and efficient in render- 

 ing the best possible public service through this office as directed 

 by laws. 



LETTERS WRITTEN. 



By far the greater part of the indoor service of this office is in 

 the attention that must be given to personal correspondence. From 

 every county of the State we are liable to receive scores of letters 

 each day making inquiries concerning some possible outbreak of 

 pests, which must have immediate attention. We occasionally re- 

 ceive telegrams asking for immediate reply as to the treatment of 

 certain pests, the management of orchards, or the methods of meet- 

 ing certain difficulties. To all such communications, especially to 

 the letters, all detailed attention is given that is necessary to aid 

 the inquirers to meet successfully the conditions before them. In 

 all of our work we have striven toward an improvement in quality 

 rather than an increase in quantity in agricultural and horticul- 

 tural productions of this State, and this has meant the necessity of 

 constant effort toward educating the public in new or better meth- 

 ods of crop production, with special reference to pest suppression. 



In order to give the instruction necessary to help individuals, 

 letters from this office generally must contain great details, and 

 consequently they not infrequently include several pages, but the 



