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Secretary A. F. Burgess: I find that most papers delivered 

 at the meeting have been handed in. I would like to state, however^ 

 that unless there is decided objection I shall depend on the members^ 

 who have presented papers, to forward them promptly so that they 

 can be published. 



Mr. W. C. O'Kane: In connection with the program, would 

 the Association think it worth while next year to have a few minutes 

 reserved on the program for a question box, so that such matters as 

 apparatus and equipment can be considered and discussed. 



President P. J. Parrott: What shall we do with this suggestion? 



Mr. E. p. Felt: Receive it gratefully without formal action. 



Thereupon the Association adjourned. 



PART II, PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS 



President P. J. Parrott: I will ask First Vice-President Wor- 

 sham to take the Chair. 



Vice-President Worsham: We will now listen to the annual 

 address of our President. 



THE GROWTH AND ORGANIZATION OF APPLIED ENTOMOL- 

 OGY IN THE UNITED STATES 



By P. J. Parrott 



I am deeply conscious of the honor which I enjoy, and the respon- 

 sibility that now rests upon me in presenting the annual address to this 

 Association. With this brief acknowledgment it should also be stated 

 that I have shared the perplexity of my predecessors in this chair as to 

 choice of subject; but as this is the twenty-sixth annual meeting of 

 this organization, which therefore constitutes the first gathering of this 

 society for the new quarter-century — an appropriate time for a review 

 of past activities — I have chosen for my theme, "The Growth and 

 Organization of Applied Entomology in the United States." 



The selection of this topic was prompted by the consideration that 

 a conspicuous feature of entomology, especially during the past twenty- 

 five years, which covers the life of this society, was the rise of the 

 entomological expert with his official connections and of organizations of 

 workers engaged in the promotion of agriculture — a movement which 

 has exerted a profound influence on the aims and success of this branch 

 of science in this country. A discussion of this subject must neces- 

 sarily be of a somewhat cursory nature, and general rather than specific^ 



