Legislation Affecting the Work of the Entomologist of 

 Minnesota: Mention has just been made of the direct bearing of 

 the quarantine law upon Minnesota conditions. In this connection 

 we may also speak of the insecticide laws, one enacted in Minnesota 

 and the other a Federal insecticide law, covering practically the 

 same ground as the State law, though more comprehensive. Com- 

 plaint was made by the Entomologist to our State Dairy and Food 

 Commissioner this year (1912) of a certain manufacturer who had 

 placed upon the Minnesota market a consignment of paris green 

 not conforming to our State law, nor to the Federal law. 



Exhibits: The Entom.ologist has placed exhibits at the State 

 Fair of 1911 and 1912, featuring grasshopper work in 1911 and 

 campaign against the house fly in 1912. Through the generous co- 

 operation of our staff, the exhibit of 1912, consisting not only of 

 fly traps, etc., but many specimens and models of injurious insects, 

 was extremely successful and our booth was crowded with visitors. 

 We believe these exhibits should be made at all the County Fairs 

 where possible in order to ac(iuaint our citizens with the appear- 

 ance of our injurious insects and the work of this department. 



Correspondence and Lectures: In 1911 the Entomologist 

 dictated 2741 letters, largely answers of inquiries regarding insect 

 pests. In addition a large number of circular letters were mailed 

 and about 2571 circulars and press bulletins, exclusive of the 

 Station mailing list. This does not include the Thirteenth Report 

 which was sent to approximately 700 addresses in addition to copies 

 sent to comply with individual requests. Experiment Station Bulle- 

 tin No. 123, (Cutworms, Army Worms and Grasshoppers) repre- 

 senting a portion of the Fourteenth Report, was sent from the 

 Experiment Station mailing office to something like 16,000 ad- 

 dresses. In 1912 we mailed 2253 letters, answering inquiries in 

 additioir to over 2507 circulars. The following lectures were given 

 during the biennium : 



In February, 1911, before the Y. M. C. A. at Duluth, a lecture 

 on "Insect Pests of Garden, Lawn and Park and How to Destroy 

 Them." 



In March, 1911, before the Women's Club, Minneapolis, a lecture 

 on "The House Fly." 



In May, 1911, a lecture at Hendrum, Minn., on "Grasshoppers." 



On December 27, 1911, Presidential Address before the Ameri- 

 can Association of Economic Entomologists, Washington, D. C, 

 "The Relations of the Station Entomologist to His Environment." 



