October, '14] HASEMAN: ENTOMOLOGICAL WORK IN MISSOURI 377 



Since taking charge of the work the writer has attempted to take 

 up those particular pests or groups of pests which are of greatest 

 importance and which have required special study. So far our atten- 

 tion has been directed mostly to the smaller projects which have not 

 required continuous observations extending over a period of several 

 years. Such projects have been out of question, but we are hoping to 

 be able in the near future to undertake some of these larger lines of 

 work. In recent years the orchard insects have been given most 

 attention since there are so many of them and the fruit growers are 

 by no means familiar with them and the methods of control. It should 

 be said that the Missouri horticulturist is far behind the general farmer 

 and stock man as regards up-to-date scientific methods. They have 

 never gotten together for the improvement of horticultural conditions 

 as the other men have. This is well shown by their failure to secure 

 adequate legislation for the improvement of horticulture until the last 

 legislature. It is hoped, however, that the interest they have shown 

 in securing this state aid is a true sign that they are awakening to the 

 horticultural needs and that they will give every assistance to the 

 uplifting of this badly neglected industry in Missouri. 



In connection with the carrying out of the horticultural inspection 

 law provision is made for educational work, and if it is possible to 

 reach the horticulturists at all we should do so through this work. A 

 keen interest is being shown in this new work and the prospects, for 

 accomplishing something worth while for Missouri horticulture, are 

 bright. In attempting to get this new line of work in operation this 

 year most of the experiment station projects had to be neglected so 

 that we have made but little progress wdth them this year. It was 

 thought, however, that the opportunities opened by this new work 

 would warrant the temporary neglect of the investigation work. 



The work of this department at present covers the regular instruction 

 in the university, which includes three or four classes each semester 

 and from one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and fifty stu- 

 dents; the experiment station projects with the various insect pests 

 and groups of pests affecting agriculture and the nursery inspection 

 work which has been taken up in real earnest this year. These various 

 lines of work are handled by the writer and one assistant or rather they 

 attempt to handle them. We feel that we are making some headway, 

 though it seems slow at times, and we are often inclined to envy those 

 in other states who are able to concentrate all their efforts on a certain 

 project and when finished turn to something else. 



One important but much neglected line of entomological work in 

 this state is the improvement of conditions in bee-keeping. The 

 state has done almost nothing to improve conditions and the growing 



