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good orchards and produce excellent fruit, and the orchards in 

 the Reservations are becoming less menacing to the orchards 

 of the neighbouring fruit-growers. A vigorous educational 

 campaign is carried on in reference to the relation of insects to 

 man. By lectures illustrated by lantern slides and cinemato- 

 graph, by circulars freely distributed, and by articles in the 

 press, the public is being impressed with the necessity of 

 abolishing the house fly as a means to sanitary reform and the 

 reduction of the death rate, especially among infants, due to 

 intestinal disease, such as typhoid, in the carriage of which 

 flies play so large a part in Canada. 



So far, mention has been made chiefly of the strictly 

 practical aspects of the work of the Division of Entomology. 

 Considerable time is occupied, however, in educational work. 

 Agricultural and fruit-growers' associations, and meetings in the 

 different provinces, are addressed on injurious insects and means 

 of control. An increasingly large and representative collection 

 of Canadian insects, which it is intended shall form the basis of 

 a national collection, is maintained, and is largely used in 

 determining collections of insects sent in by individuals, schools, 

 and colleges for identification. Although such work involves 

 much time and labour, its educational value is undoubtedly 

 great apart from benefits which may accrue to the Division. 



This account of the work of the Division of Entomology is 

 necessarily brief, but it may indicate the great variety of 

 problems with which we have to deal, and the many interests 

 which are affected by injurious insects to which interest our 

 work is accordingly related. As the development and growth 

 of Canada is wholly dependent upon agriculture, the basic 

 principle of the country's prosperity, the importance of the work 

 thus briefly described, and its necessary increase, will be readily 

 understood. 



Other work assisting in the Control of Insect Pests 



In addition to the work carried on by the Federal Government, 

 much valuable work is effected by several of the Provincial 



