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know there are some subjects which lend themselves only to photog- 

 raphy, and of the others the entomologist with a little experience, can 

 readily determine whether a photo or drawing is called for. There 

 are those, but few in number, I believe, who claim the camera should 

 be used in all cases because, as they say "the camera does not lie" and 

 the artist's or entomologist's interpretations are not always the true 

 ones, the personal element being too largely represented. As a matter 

 of fact you can all think of instances innumerable where the camera 

 cannot be depended upon to bring out structural details. 



I believe that as a general thing our bulletins, treating of some 

 destructive insect, should contain, first, a brief popular description of 

 the insect and its work, using drawings and photographs generously, 

 and secondl}^, following the above, remedial and preventive methods. 

 All of this could well be in bold faced type, and should be arranged 

 in a form attractive to the eye. Following this, which represents the 

 essential points, of course, from the farmers' standpoint, may well 

 come the account of the work in detail in ordinarily small type, using 

 whatever illustrations are necessary and available, the more the better, 

 if they are pertinent; the author remembering that fellow workers 

 at other stations may profit by a lucid explanation of methods. 

 Acknowledgment of the source of authorship of illustrations not 

 original should be made under each drawing or photo, not merely 

 referred to in a prefatory note. 



Postal card bvlletins are, in a way, most excellent, as are also bulle- 

 tins which take the form of spraying calendars. These latter are much 

 appreciated by orchardists, and others who like explicit directions 

 in this line, concisely put. You doubtless all have your views upon 

 these points, in many cases far better than those briefly alluded to 

 by the speaker, and we need give no more time to this feature. At 

 the Minnesota Station the entomologist publishes occasional bulletins 

 in the regular station series, also press bulletins as occasion demands, 

 as well as circulars, the latter issued as publications from the office of 

 the state entomologist. The station entomologist, who is also 

 state entomologist, publishes in the latter capacity, a biennial report 

 to the governor of the state. He and his staff also issue from April 

 to August inclusive a monthly publication known as Minnesota Insect 

 Life, in order to place before Minnesota's farmers, gardeners and others, 

 items of value in suggesting remedial measures at a time when most 

 needed. 



The subject of photography is one that has hardly been touched 

 upon l)y members of this Association in the past. It appears to me 

 that we might well have some co-operative work in this line by those 

 of us who are interested, the aim of such work being directed toward 



