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personally very pessimistic about the publication of such papers in the 

 hope of getting back the cost of the publication. Our smaller Journals 

 find it difficult to escape a deficit at the end of the year. I think we 

 ought to be very careful about attempting the publication of large 

 works which might involve the finances of the Association. 



Mr. W. E. Britton: It seems very difficult to get any one to pub- 

 lish this bibliography. The Department of Agriculture at Washington 

 takes the stand that the Experiinent Station Record already covers the 

 field and thaf it is not desirable to duplicate the work. I do not know 

 that this is a part of the general policy for this Association to begin 

 publications. It is believed that we could have the manuscript pre- 

 pared and secure enough advance subscriptions to the publication so 

 that we would be Avarranted in having it printed. 



Mr. C. Gordon Hewitt: Would it not be better for the Association 

 to first undertake the preparation of the manuscript without making 

 advance arrangements in regard to publication. It would then be 

 possible to negotiate with some of the institutions as suggested by 

 Doctor Wheeler, with a view to seeing whether they would be willing to 

 publish it. In case they would not, we could take up the matter of 

 publishing it, but before the Association commits itself to publication 

 I think that we should be certain that we will not be in a position to 

 lose, that is, we should be sure of having enough advance subscriptions 

 to cover the cost of publishing. AVe have now become incorporated 

 and the whole Association would be more or less responsible for the 

 obligations incurred. 



Mr. W. E. Britton: I think the views of Doctor Hewitt are very 

 similar to those entertained by the committee, except that we would 

 not wish to prepare the manuscript unless there was a general sentiment 

 in the Association favoring its ultimate publication. We would like 

 to have the work all done by the Bureau of Entomology, if this is 

 possible, but in case it cannot be done in that way it will be necessary 

 to take it up by a number of men cooperatively, and this, of course, 

 will involve a tremendous amount of work. 



Mr. C Gordon Hewitt: Has the Department of Agriculture 

 definitel}^ refused to undertake this work? 



Mr. W. E. Britton : I do not know that they have definitely refused, 

 but they do not talk very encouraging concerning it. We hope that the 

 Department will act favorabl3^ 



Mr. C. Gordon Hewitt: Would it not be best to definitely ap- 

 proach the Department first and find out whether it will or will not 

 publish the bibliography? If a negative reply is given, then I think 

 the Association could take up the question of its preparation. After 

 it is prepared the matter of publication could be taken up with other 



