February, '21] business proceedings 21 



Owing to the peculiar problems involved and the fact that control or exterminative 

 measures necessitate an organization of specially trained men if the best results are 

 to be secured, it is recommended that a Branch for the Control of Destructive For- 

 eign Insects be established under the general direction of the Chief of the Bureau of 

 Entomolog}', this Branch to be composed of experts specially qualified for carrying 

 out repressive and exterminative measures. 



It is obvious that the early recognition of recent introductions will promote the 

 control of newly established pests. This is an important phase of economic entomol- 

 ogy. An insect survey designed to ascertain the distribution and the extent of injury 

 caused by various insects and to keep official entomologists throughout the country 

 apprised of developments during the growing season would prove of great value in 

 forecasting probable injury. It is recommended that an Insect Survey be organized 

 under the direction of the Bureau of Entomology' in cooperation with official entomol- 

 ogists of various states or state institutions. 



The recent establishment of a Crop Protection Institute affords much needed 

 opportunities for coordinated work on certain general problems relating to the more 

 efficient control of insect pests and plant diseases. It is believed that the greatest 

 opportunity for this organization in the immediate present lies in establishing a 

 substantial unity of interests among its diverse membership and the demonstration 

 of possibilities in the promotion of regional, coordinated studies by specialists along 

 one line and of diverse specialists uniting in the solution of problems requiring 

 special knowledge and training in several related sciences. 



It is recommended that the Crop Protection Institute be endorsed and that an 

 expansion of its field be recommended by this Association and that all members of the 

 Association be urged to become members of the Institute. 



It is recommended that the Association nominate and elect three members to the 

 Board of Trustees of the Institute as provided in its constitution. 



Publications 



It is apparent that popular articles concerning insects such as are published in 

 newspapers and other periodicals, should be stated with greater accuracy if the public 

 is to receive correct information. While striking and pithy statements are essential 

 in such publications, they should not be used in place of facts. 



There is at present a multiplicity of short, popular bulletins. These doubtless are 

 valuable in so far as they are distributed to the people who are most interested in the 

 subjects treated. A reasonable amount of funds seems to be available for publica^ 

 tions of this character by Federal and state institutions. 



The publication of original matter, as distinguished from compilations, ought to 

 be confined to such pubHcations as will reach those who are most in need of the 

 information. Under present conditions, economic workers have great difficulty in 

 keeping informed as to the latest discoveries that have been made along the lines in 

 which they are most interested. It is therefore recommended that the reports of 

 experimental work containing original matter should be published in bulletins of 

 institutions or recognized scientific journals, and not in newspapers, magazines, or 

 circulars devoted to activities unrelated to entomology. 



Where early publication of important results is demanded by conditions affecting 

 the problem, and all recognized sources of publication are taken for months in ad- 

 vance, it may be necessary to publish in unusual media, but in such case copies should 

 be deposited in the Library of Congress, U. S. Bureau of Entomology and as many 

 entomological centers as possible and information should be brought to the attention 

 of the profession in general. 



