THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario was held in Lon- 

 «don on Wednesday and Thursday, the 29th and 30th, of Oatober, 1902. The chair was taken 

 by the Rev. Dr. Fyles, of South Quebec, President. Among the members present were Mr. 

 Henry H. Lyman, Montreal ; Dr. James Fletcher and Mr. Arthur Gibson, Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa ; Mr. Charles H. Young, Hurdman's Bridge, Ont. ; Mr. John D. Evans, 

 "Trenton ; Mr. George E. Fisher, Inspector of Scale Insects, Freeman ; Prof. W. Lochhead, 

 Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph ; Rev. Dr. Bethune, Dr. Woolverton, Dr. Stevenson, 

 Messrs. J. A. Balkwill, J. H. Bowman, E. A. Browne, J. Dearness, C. J. Fox, C. W. Horton, 

 -John Law, J. Alston Moffat, W. E. Saunders, Walter Smith, and other residents of London. 

 'The Society was also favoured with the presence of Prof. C. C. James, Deputy Minister of 

 Agriculture for Ontario ; Mr. W. L. Smith of the Toronto Weekhj Sun ; Messrs. Thompson 

 and Black of the Farmers' Advocate ; Mr. Pearce, and other visitors. 



Letters expressing regret at their inability to attend were received from Mr. W. 

 Hague Hdrrmgton, Ottawa and Mr. E. M. Walker, Director, Toronto ; also from Prof. F. 

 M. Webster, Urbana, Illinois. 



During the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 29th, a meeting of the Council was held for the 

 transaction of the business of the Society and the preparation of their annual report. It was 

 •decided to hold the next annual meeting of the Society in Ottawa in September, 1903. Sheet 

 Cork and Entomological pins were ordered to be sold to members at cost and to others at 

 "twenty per cent, advance on cost, and arrangements were made for obtaining a supply of black 

 ■enamelled steel pins. A resolution was adopted permitting the Ornithological Section to alter 

 its name to " The Mcllwraith Ornithological Club (Ornithological Section of the Entomological 

 Society of Ontario)." 



In the afternoon the Society met at 2.30 o'clock, the President, Rev. Dr. Fyles, in the 

 chair, and proceeded to discuss the prevalence of the Pea Weevil in Ontario and the best 

 means of controlling its ravages. 



THE PEA WEEVIL CONFERENCE. , 



At the request of the President, Dr. Fletcher, of Ottawa, introduced the subject of the 

 T*ea Weevil. The following is a condensed summary of his remarks : 



Dr. Fletcher : Mr. President and Gentlemen. Everyone must have noticed for many 

 years che great reduction which has been gradually taking place in the area of land devoted to 

 the cultivation of Peas. This I find has been almost entirely due to the fact that farmers find 

 that pea growing is not a remunerative occupation, owing to the diminution both in output and 

 the value of the grain due to the attacks of the Pea Weevil. In my own Reports, which reach 

 a considerable number of farmers in the Dominion, I have constantly drawn attention to this 

 injury and the simple means of controlling the insect which causes it, but the loss at the pre- 

 sent time is so serious and the pea crop is one of such enormous importance that I feel some- 

 thmg more definite than has been done in the past should be done to bring this subject 

 prominently before the country, so as if possible to stir up the pea-growers and seed-dealers 

 throughout the Dominion arid in the adjacent United States where peas are grown to join in 

 one great, universal, and co-operative effort. The pea crop is of special value to farmers be- 



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