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in this report. All correspondence received from farmers 

 regarding insects is carefully filed. 



About i,000 eggs have been procured from silk worms 

 raised in the laboratory, for distribution to public' schools 

 where nature study is taught. 



In May, Press Bulletin No. i6, on the "Criddle Mixture," 

 was issued. This contained a description of a cheap poisoned 

 bait for Grasshoppers, which has been found very effective in 

 Canada. 



Numerous articles have been written for the press from 

 time to time and several addresses made in different agricul- 

 tural communities. In the latter connection, I will add, that 

 the Entomologist has offered to hold practical talks during 

 the fall and winter in localities which have been infested with 

 any special pest or pests, such as the Chinch Bug, Grass- 

 hopper or Hessian Fly, and this offer has been accepted 

 already by a number of farming districts ; others will un- 

 doubtedly follow the example during the winter. The form 

 of notice used is here given : 



The State Entomologist is preparing to hold a series of practical 

 talks on Minnesota insects in dififerent localities during the fall and win- 

 ter to discuss with farmers the best means of combating any pest or 

 pests, such as Chinch Bug, Hessian Fly, etc., with which those localities 

 are troubled. These talks will be illustrated with specimens or pictures, 

 or both. Farmers desiring a meeting of this kind are invited to corre- 

 spond with the Entomologist of the Experiment Station at St. Anthony 

 Park. 



The Entomologist has also established a correspondence 

 department, following the example of many other state ento- 

 mologists, whereby he is kept in touch with insect conditions 

 in different parts of the state during the spring and summer 

 and will present a summary of those conditions in the form 

 of original letters in the Annual Report. Observers are 

 chosen from the ranks of those who have shown themselves 

 proficient in this line of work. At present nine counties are 

 represented from which reports are received once a month. 

 As the number of efficient observers increase more counties 

 will be represented. 



