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In cooperative insect control, the extension entomologist is a most 

 valuable man. In fact, I believe that economic entomology, research 

 and extension entomology are inseparable from and indispensible to 

 each other in a real department of entomology that intends to serve 

 the public. The extension entomologist who represents such an im- 

 portant phase of entomological work should be closely affiliated with 

 the department of entomology. His plans and his work should be 

 worked out in close cooperation with and be approved by the head of 

 the department, or some person in the department who is in direct 

 charge of that particular work. Otherwise friction is almost certain 

 to result, and information will get abroad that will be no credit to 

 entomological work or to any institution. The extension entomologist 

 should have his office in the department of entomology, where he may 

 keep in close touch with the work not only in the department, but in 

 the whole station, and where he will feel that he is one of the men of the 

 department. Furthermore, the extension entomologist should be 

 permitted to carry on some independent research work in the depart- 

 ment. 



In cooperating with the public, advantage should be taken of the 

 valuable help which can be rendered by organizations such as the 

 grange, farmers' union, bankers' associations, grain associations, 

 millers' associations, fruit growers' associations, railway companies, 

 canning associations, various clubs, etc. In much of the work of this 

 sort, while the entomologist should be the leader in the organization, 

 and the underlying force in the operation of the methods of control, 

 he should know how to step into the background and let the county 

 agents, or the particular organizations through which the work is done, 

 feel that they are important factors and function as such. 



Conclusion 



If economic entomology is to fulfill its destiny and keep abreast 

 with the rapid growth of other biological sciences and the marvelous 

 development of agriculture; if it is to continue to make notable contri- 

 butions to the progress of the nation and the world; if it is to develop 

 on that broad and constructive plane so necessary for the rendering of 

 the maximum service and usefulness; if it is to accomplish achieve- 

 ments of such importance as to be the subject of favorable comment 

 and receive the commendation of the general public, there must be a 

 closer cooperation and a more sympathetic and generous attitude: 

 1st, between state and federal entomologists; 2d, among state ento- 

 mologists engaged in similar entomological problems ; 3d, between 

 entomologists and the other biological scientists; 4th, between ento- 

 mologists and medical men; 5th, between entomologists and industrial 



