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Florida is third, and Louisiana fourth, these three Southern States 

 exceeding the old entomological centers of Pennsylvania, New York, 

 Ohio, Illinois, and the New England States. Incidentally, his tabula- 

 tion indicates that California comes sixth, and that Utah, Oregon, 

 Idaho, and Wyoming take the eighth, ninth and tenth places, imme- 

 diately preceding Massachusetts. He has tabulated the amounts spent 

 on entomological research in the South and shows that more than 

 $105,000 is being spent annually in this way by the Ii southern 

 experiment stations which employ for this purpose 50 men. He inci- 

 dentally shows that the Federal Government is spending $392,000 on 

 full-time projects in the South, employing 73 workers, and that 

 further the Federal Government is spending parts of a sum amount- 

 ing to $166,000 upon projects which are being investigated in the 

 South as well as at northern and western stations. He further shows 

 that, while the Southern States are comparatively lacking in great 

 collections of insects, there are still many points at which creditable 

 collections occur. 



As to results, the showing is very strong, as detailed under 12 

 headings in the address. Notably striking are the paragraphs con- 

 cerning malaria. One of these significant i)aragraphs may be quoted : 



Twenty years ago at the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College 

 for a month or more after college opened each fall the hospital would be crowded 

 with students from the Delta section of the State who were suffering from 

 malaria. Dozens of the worst cases would be kept in the hospital, and in 

 addition the college physician would usually be called upon to treat several 

 hundred milder cases. Wliat arc the conditions now? For several years the 

 college physician has not had to treat a single serious case of malaria, and only 

 a small number of mild cases which scarcely interfere with the students' work. 



Another significant statement : 



Sunflower County, Mississippi, in the center of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, 

 was 20 years ago teeming with mosquitoes and malaria, yet in 1923 and 

 1924 girls from this county won the National Health Contest in Chicago in 

 competition with the healthiest girls from all parts of the country, and the 1926 

 girl from that county tied for first place with an Iowa girl. Could this have 

 happened 20 years ago? 



In his discussion of the amateur entomologists of the South. Pro- 

 fessor Harned refers to the men I have mentioned above and very 

 justly adds Ed Foster of New Orleans. Mr. Foster, formerly a news- 

 paper man connected with the New Orleans Picayune, has for many 

 years been a shining light in entomology in the far south. A man of 

 very thorough information, he has ])layed a great part in many eco- 

 nomic investigations, and at one time or another has acted as official 

 adviser and helper in Government and State investigations. 



