EXTENSION DIVISION. 247 



KEPOET OF THE EXTENSION WORK IN ENTOMOLOGY. 



BY DON B. WIIELAN. 



TJie work of the Extension Specialist in Entomology has been con- 

 tinued along the same lines as last year. His time has been divided be- 

 tween the Extension work and the College. Probably a little more work 

 has been given to the former than last year owing to the earlier closing 

 of the College. 



The work of the year may be summed up as follows : 



(1) Advice and aid in combatting insect pests with demonstrations 

 for their control. Nearly the entire state has been visited during the 

 year and aid given by farm visits or demonstrations. Much of the work 

 done Avas in response to requests for aid and for advice. One hundred 

 and fifty-nine farms and homes were visited and demonstrations held in 

 some of them. 



No single pest stood out as doing great damage although many were 

 present from time to time throughout the year doing more or less dam- 

 age. Probably the two that gave the most concern were the Cutworm 

 and the Pear Psylla. 



A demonstration on the use of heat for controlling mill insects was 

 put on at Hillsdale and as a result will save the millers of that mill 

 many hundreds of dollars each year. 



(2) Visiting and aiding the County Agricultural Agents. — As many 

 of the county agents were visited as time permitted and their neces- 

 sities demanded. One trip was made to the Upper Peninsula where all 

 of the countj^ agents were visited and aided with their insect troubles. 

 Demonstrations were carried on with some of them. 



(3) Lecturing and Extension Schools. — Fifteen lectures w^ere given 

 at various schools with an average attendance of forty-one. The fol- 

 lowing lectures were given: ''Farm Crop Insects and Their Control," 

 "Insects of the Garden and Their Control," "Injurious Fruit Insects 

 and .Their Control," and "Farm Methods of Controlling Insect Pests." 



(4) Lectures at Granges and Other Meetings. — A lecture was given 

 before the Grange at Manistique and before the Farmers' club at 

 Brethren. A lecture was also given in the City Library at Menominee 

 and others before the institute speakers at East Lansing, Boy Scouts 

 at Manistee, Grape Growers Convention at LaAvton, including an illus- 

 trated lecture before the Michigan Vegetable Growers' Association at 

 Detroit. 



(5) Attendance at State and County Fairs. — The Extension Special- 

 ist in Entomology had an exhibit of various insect pests showing the 

 damage done by them. Questions were answered concerning many pests 

 and how they could be controlled. The exhibit was shown at the Green- 

 ville Fair, Western Michigan State Fair, Hillsdale Fair and the Sag- 

 inaw Fair. Much interest was shown at all of these places. 



