JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



FEBRUARY, 1909 



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 terest to subscribers. Papers will be published, so far as possible, in the order of re- 

 ception. All extended contributions, at least, should be in the hands of the editor the 

 first of the month preceding publication. Reprints of contributions may be obtained 

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The Baltimore meeting was a most profitable and interesting- gath- 

 ering. Our frontispiece shows that there was a large assemblage, 

 including a number of veterans and most of the active entomologists 

 of the country. There was an unrivaled opportunity to come into 

 close touch with the latest developments in economic entomologj'. 

 The program departed greatly from that of many earlier sessions. 

 A considerable portion of the time was devoted to very profitable dis- 

 cussions of methods. The extended paper containing numerous de- 

 tailed observations of limited general interest was conspicuous by its 

 absence. Those who recall the tense strain necessitated by the heav- 

 ily overloaded program at our last meeting in New York, most surely 

 welcome the change. We believe that a large part of this relief is 

 due to the possession of a publication in which longer papers can be 

 submitted to a critical audience in much better shape than when deliv- 

 ered orally. Many entomologists are taking advantage of the better 

 publication facilities and it is to be hoped that this tendency will 

 continue, and that our meetings may be devoted more largely to the 

 ascertaining of facts not ordinarily published, rather than to" the 

 recital of extended records belonging more properly to the printed 

 page. 



There is such a thing as over-organization. The economic entomol- 

 ogists, nursery inspectors, the Entomological Society of America, Sec- 

 tion F of the American Association, and the general zoological organ- 

 izations all have something of interest for the economic entomologist. 

 Then, in addition, there were the affairs of the Journal Publishing 

 Company and various other minor organizations. It was extremely 

 difficult to meet the demands of all and at the same time have a cer- 

 tain measure of leisure for discussion of problems with those working 

 along similar lines. It would seem as though cooperation might re- 

 sult in the more economical handling of much of the business and 



