THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 

 OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



MORMXG SESSION, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 190^. 



The Association met in tlie laboratory of physiology and jDathology 

 of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., on December 

 29 and 30, 1904. The following were in attendance at the several 

 sessions : 



W. B. Ahvood, Blacksburg, Va. ; G. :M. Bentley. Raleigh, N. C. ; Frank Ben- 

 ton, Washington, D. C. ; F. C. Bishopp, Washington, D. C. ; W. E. Brit- 

 ton, Ne\A' Haven, Conn. ; A. F. Burgess, Columbus, Ohio ; C. E. Chambliss, 

 Clemson College, S. C. ; M. T. Cook, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba ; E. B. Engle, 

 llarrisburg, Pa. ; E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y. ; H. T. Fernakl, Amherst, Mass. ; 

 .Tames Fletcher, Ottawa, Canada ; S. A. Forbes, Urbana, 111. ; H. Garman, Lex- 

 ington, Ky. ; C. P. Gillette, Fort Collins, Colo. : L. O. Howard, Washington, 



D. C. ; W. D. Hunter, Washington, D. C. : William Lochhead, Guelph, Ontario, 

 Canada ; A. D. MacGillivray, Ithaca, N. Y. ; C. L. Marlatt, Washington, D. C. ; 

 G. W. Martin, Nashville, Tenn. ; Leslie Martin, Washington, D. C. ; Yasushi 

 Nawa, Gifu, Japan ; Herbert Osboi'n. Columbus, Ohio ; J. L. Phillips, Blacks- 

 burg, Va. ; A. L. Qualntance, Washington, D. C. ; W. A. Riley, Ithaca, N. Y. ; 



E. D. Sanderson, Durham, N. H. : William Saunders, London, Ontario, Canada ; 

 W. M. Scott, Washington, D. C. ; Henry Skinner, Philadelphia, Pa. ; M. V. 

 Slingerland, Ithaca, N. Y. ; J. B. Smith. New Brunswick N. .T. ; H. E. Sunnners, 

 xVmes, Iowa ; H. A. Surface, llarrisburg. Pa. ; E. S. G. Titus, Washington, 

 D. C. ; H. L. Viereck, New Haven. Conn. ;,F. L. Washburn, St. Anthony Park, 

 Minn. ; F. M. Webster, Urbana, 111. 



The meeting was called to order at 10 a. m. by the president, Mr. 

 A. L. Quaintance, who deli^-ered his annnal address as follows : 



SOME PRESENT-DAY FEATURES OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY IN 



AMERICA 



By A. L. Quaintance, WasJihigton, D. C. 



It is one of the present-day beliefs that we are living in a period of 

 unexampled scientific activity. A census of achievement during the 

 past two or three decades would undoubtedly furnish evidence that 

 this belief is \^'ell founded. This activity has been as notable in 

 applied as in pure science. Indeed, the tendency toward almost 

 immediate utilization of scientilic discoveries in practical affairs has 



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