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Bureau of Entomology and the station and state entomologists, and 

 that there be a well-defined relation between these agencies and a 

 mutual understanding as to their spheres of work. We are glad to 

 note that there has been much more cooperation between the Bureau 

 of Entomology and the station and state entomologists than between 

 the latter, and there seems to be a decided tendency toward a satis- 

 factory working out of the many difficult problems, often compli- 

 cated by local conditions, which this subject involves. On the other 

 hand, we cannot but feel that a better understanding of the work of 

 the Bureau as it is in progress, w^ould be of distinct advantage to all 

 parties and w^ould conduce to more effective cooperation. At present 

 the only general statement of the work of the Bureau to which ento- 

 mologists have access is in the annual Executive Report of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture. Unfortunately this deals with the work of the 

 previous fiscal year, and has but little to say of the work then in prog- 

 ress or contemplated. These matters are mentioned so that if there 

 be any feasible means, we may be kept better informed of each other's 

 work, so that there will be a constant tendency toward more coopera- 

 ration and a stronger professional unity. 



THE RELATION OF NATIONAL AND STATE AGENCIES IN AGRICULTURAL 



INVESTIGATION 



This w^hole question of the relation of national and state govern- 

 mental agencies is an exceedingly difficult one, as many of our fore- 

 most statesmen are discovering, and is fundamentally the same, 

 whether in entomological work or the control of corporations. It 

 has had the consideration of some of our most thoughtful leaders both 

 in affairs of government and in affairs of science. I would commend 

 to you Dr. Riley's discussion above mentioned. More recently the 

 American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta- 

 tions appointed a Commission on Agricultural Research, composed 

 of two men eminent in agricultural research, two eminent scientists 

 not connected with agricultural research, and one representative of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture, which reported at the meeting 

 at Washington, November, 1908. The commission was composed 

 of David Starr Jordan, Carroll Davidson Wright, Henry Prentiss 

 Armsby, Whitman Howard Jordan, and Gifford Pinchot, whose names 

 are a sufficient guarantee of the depth and breadth of the considera- 

 tion given the subject, but after some discussion it seems to have had 

 no practical outcome. The whole report should be read, but I beg 

 your indulgence for one or two quotations, which seem to digest this 

 whole question in an admirable manner. 



