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insects. There have been instances of this kind, and in fact instances 

 in which the financial urge of a rapidly growing family has turned 

 men into quite different ]nirsuits. It may incidentally be stated that 

 it is encouraging to the men who have stuck by research to note 

 that in some instances such men have voluntarily returned to re- 

 search work and have taken positions once more in Federal or State 

 laboratories. 



A notable instance of the rapidly growing appreciation of the value 

 of the services of an expert entomologist of high scientific rank has 

 just come. to my attention. Dr. Royal N. Chapman, of the University 

 of Minnesota, is stated by the newspapers to have been engaged by 

 the Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii for a period of some 

 years at an annual .salary of $20,000. 



I have referred in a former paragraph to the love of their work 

 that has kept most salaried entomologists hai)py in the face of small 

 finances. No married man can be happy, however, unless his wife is 

 contented or unless she conceals from him any discontentment she 

 may feel. And this leads me to pay a tril)ute to the wives of the 

 entomologists. Those I have known have l)een apparently contented 

 and therefore have been true helpmeets. 



CANADA 



Canada very naturally has to meet many of the same insect prob- 

 lems as at least the northern tier of the United States, and, since the 

 people of the two countries are much alike, the development of eco- 

 nomic entomology in both regions has proceeded in a nearly parallel 

 manner. It is true that the necessity for Federal legislation in supply- 

 ing adequate appropriations came much earlier in the United States, 

 and possibly for this very reason Canada for a' number of years lagged 

 behind, since, the problems being practically identical, their solu- 

 tions reached in the United States would be immediately at the dis- 

 posal of our Canadian neighbors. But after a comparatively long 

 period of this at least partial reliance upon the United States, the 

 Canadian Government found itself in a position to support a compe- 

 tent service, and of late this has grown until the whole entomological 

 world is proud of its activity and of its accomplishments. 



There were no viery early writers on economic entomology in 

 Canada, but there was one ])ublication of especial note which was pub- 

 lished in 1857. It was entitled " Fssay on the Insects and Diseases 

 Injurious to Wheat Crops." The author was H. Y. Hind, Professor 

 of Chemistry at Trinity College in Toronto. And this essay was given 

 first prize of a series offered by the Bureau of Agricultural Statis- 



