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It may be seen that the matter is easily divided between the numbers 

 7 and 8. Before this division is considered only the broader aspects 

 of the problem, after it comes the detailed account. 



This arrangement of a bulletin, which I have taken up at some 

 length, is not a change of the matter treated, but only a change in the 

 order. It is an arrangement which may not fit any and every bulletin, 

 but it may be adapted to a great number of them, and especially to 

 those concerning a single insect. This order in a bulletin, based as 

 it is on the economic treatment of an insect, is, it seems to me, an order 

 that is more readable, more interesting and more intelligible to the 

 average farmer or fruit-grower than the order generally followed. 



President W. D. Hunter: This interesting paper is now open for 

 discussion . 



Mr. F. L. Washburn: I think the summary should be at the begin- 

 ning of the paper so that the farmer on opening the publication can see 

 in a brief way what results have been secured. The summary should 

 be in the beginning or at the end in bold type. We have to consider 

 not only the faiTner but also other entomologists who may criticize 

 if we omit the technical part. The latter can be published separate 

 from the economic part. 



Mr. W. E. Britton: I agree with Mr. Webster, and yet there are 

 some of us who are not able to publish as we should like to on account 

 of certain methods having been adopted by the directors of the stations. 

 I think that perhaps the best place for the summary is in the beginning. 

 The back page on the outside is also a good place, where it may be 

 seen without opening the bulletin. Many times the subject matter 

 must determine the form in which it is written. It is perhaps better 

 to put in one place all the most important facts, provided this part is 

 separated so that the farmer can readily see it. 



Mr. E. p. Felt: I think this subject is one of importance. It is a 

 study in the psychology of presentation. I have been wondering how 

 many men know the actual efficiency of the bulletins sent out from their 

 offices. Sometimes it is just as well to write one paragraph and have 

 it read by 10,000 as to write 10,000 paragraphs and have them read 

 by one. We should use the local press at the time insects are causing 

 damage. I go into many homes and it is only once in a while that I 

 find a man who keeps entomological publications. There are only a 

 few who keep them and I do not know of one man who could place his 

 hands on the desired book. I have been wondering if a group of 

 interested men could make some studies of this and report to us. 



President W. D. Hunter: Dr. Felt has made a suggestion that is 



