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field work, and for organisation and co-operation of all interested 

 persons. Mr. M. J. Swenk described the problem as relating to 

 Nebraska, and suggested that a beginning should be made by each 

 entomologist analysing the situation as it occurs in his own State 

 and determining the pests that cause the most important losses in 

 that State. Mr. H. A. Gossard gave an interesting account of the 

 conditions and work accomplished in the past season in Ohio. Mr. 

 Herbert Osborn remarked that the subject covered both production 

 and preservation of food. He considered that the service of the 

 economic entomologist should be directed on certain distinct lines. 

 Investigations bearing directly and urgently upon measures of protec- 

 tion and preservation of crops should be pushed forward. Extensive 

 surveys should be made in order to determine as accurately as possible 

 the conditions of insect life and the most menacing species for the 

 immediate future, and to secure data upon, which recommendations 

 to cultivators can be based. The distribution of information through 

 various channels, and the instruction and training of entomological 

 workers are other important points. Mr. E. P. Felt called attention 

 to the importance of preventing apparently minor losses throughout 

 the country, such as depredations of garden insects in small holdings, 

 and the necessity for the care of stored grain, prompt clearing away 

 of refuse, rotation of crops and clean cultivation. The entomologist 

 should be in a position to restrict or modify spraying schedules, and 

 should not overstep practical considerations or advise treatments 

 that are not justified financially. Mr. J. J. Davis touched upon the 

 value of the co-operation of local agents, and the importance of their 

 being in communication with the entomological service. 



The Section of Horticultural Inspection. — Jl. Econ. Entom., Concord, 

 N.H., xi, no. 1, February 1918, pp. 118-120. 



A report submitted by a special committee on plant impor- 

 tation, composed of Messrs. J. Headlee, G. A. Dean and E. D. Ball, 

 states that the importation of all nursery stock as designated in the 

 Federal Plant Quarantine Act of 20th August 1912, should be pro- 

 hibited except as brought in under carefully guarded quarantine 

 regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ; that an absolute 

 embargo should be placed at once on nursery stock coming in 

 with soil about the roots ; that the prohibition against all other 

 kinds should be issued with due regard to the time necessary to 

 enable the businesses affected to adjust themselves to the change, 

 after which absolute prohibition should obtain. This resolution was 

 imanimously adopted by the Association. 



Weiss (H. B.). The Control of Imported Pests recently found in New 

 Jersey. — Jl. Econ. Entom., Concord, N.H., xi, no. 1, February 

 1918, pp. 122-125. 



During normal years nearly one-fifth of the nursery stock imported 

 into the United States is consigned to New Jersey, which is conse- 

 quently in greater danger from an influx of foreign insects than most 

 other States, in spite of an excellent system of inspection. It is 

 therefore necessary to examine continually the nurseries and places 

 to which the stock is consigned. 



