JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



FEBRUARY, 1914 



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Some contributors fail to realize the importance of sending in 

 papers promptly after the annual meeting or the need of returning 

 proof without loss of time. These hindrances have made it impos- 

 sible for the editor to get out this number on time. 



Those who were able to attend the Atlanta m.eeting found a most 

 interesting program and a larger attendance than many had anticipated. 

 The papers covered a wide range of subjects and contained much that 

 was suggestive. A notable contribution was the account of the large 

 scale control of grasshoppers in a western state as a result ofusingthe 

 resources science has placed at the disposition of- man. It was a prob- 

 lem in organization and cooperation as well as one depending upon 

 exact knowledge of methods. Those who engaged in this practical 

 effort, a game in which the resources of man, were pitted against 

 the multitudes of nature are to be congratulated upon winning a fight 

 which only a few years ago would have been considered nearly hope- 

 less. It was a most creditable triumph of modern science. 



Committee reports are ordinarily disposed of in a few moments and, 

 in many instances, we fear, ignored thereafter. This should not be 

 the fate of the report of the committee on the Efficiency of Entomologi- 

 cal Publications. The members have spent considerable time upon 

 the matter and though the nature of the problem was such that definite 

 conclusions are almost impossible, the data gathered is most suggest- 

 ive and might well be subjected to further test by every member of 

 the association as opportunity ofifers. The popular bulletin, elemen- 

 tary in nature from the entomologist's viewpoint, is the one most 

 generally valued, particularly if comprehensive and well illustrated. 

 It is quite possible that further consideration of the question will 

 result in more popular bulletins being widely distributed and a care- 

 fully limited circulation of the more special or technical publications. 



