LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



State Experiment Station, 

 St. Anthony Park, Minn., 



December 1st, 1908. 



To His Excellency, John A. Johnson, St. Panl, Minn. 



Dear Sir : The State Entomologist has the honor to present 

 herewith his biennial report of the years 1907 and 1908. As will be 

 remembered by you, it was suggested for the sake of economy, and to 

 better present the work of this division, that a printed report from the 

 Entomologist should be issued only once in two years, not annually as 

 heretofore, and that from time to time as occasion demanded, press 

 bulletins or press notices, circulars, or station bulletins, should be 

 issued to meet the wants of the farmers, horticulturists and others, the 

 law being complied with by filing with you annually on or before De- 

 cember 1st. a typewritten abstract of work accomplished, and an ac- 

 count in detail of all expenditures incurred in discharge of the work. 

 This plan met with your approval, and appears to give excellent results, 

 besides effecting a saving in this department of several hundred dol- 

 lars annually. The bringing to the notice of farmers and others impor- 

 tant information regarding insects at just the time when it is needed, 

 by means of press notices, circulars and press bulletins, is better than 

 waiting for the publication of a report. 



General Insect Conditions: The years 1907 and 1908 have 

 been average years as regards insect depredations, though in 

 some instances certain species of insect pests have been prom- 

 inently in view. The occurrence of the "Green Bug," so-called, 

 created a great flurry here a year ago this summer, and the Ento- 

 mologist did everything possible to get the exact facts before grain 

 growers, and to allay a scare which was, in a large measure, artificial. 



