x 
Legislation Affecting the State Entomologist. In the early part 
of 1913 the legislature passed a new Nursery and Orchard Inspec- 
tion Law in Minnesota (see p. 28), making inspection compulsory 
and establishing a flat fee of $5.00 for issuing of certificate (which 
money goes into the general revenue of the state). 
See p. 39 for discussion of the plan to separate the office of the 
State Entomologist from the University. 
Shade Tree Insects; Orchard Spraying. See pp. 52 and 54. 
Publications: 
1913. 
February. Circular No. 26. “The Minnesota Fly-Trap and 
Suggestions for a Campaign Against the 
House Fly.” 
May. Circular No. 27. “Twenty Common Insects of 
the Vegetable Garden and Remedies.” 
April Mol ib iNiow 22 Minnesota Insect Iie 
May ce ce 3 ce ce ce 
June ce ce 4 ce ce oe 
July ce ce ce 5 ve ce 
August ss 46 7 
These numbers of “Insect Life’ contain articles on “Orchard 
Spraying,’ “House Fly,” “Field Mice,’ “Worms on Basswood,” 
“Rabbits and Ferrets,” “Grasshoppers,” “Flies on Stock,” “Fall 
Methods of Controlling Insects,” “Cottony Maple Scale,” “Wheat 
Stem Maggott,” etc. 
In addition to the above, press articles were sent from time to 
time to our county and city papers for publication. 
1914. 
April Vol II, No. 7 Minnesota Insect Life 
May sé Of g ““ “ ‘c 
June oe OG 9 6 ‘ ‘“ 
July ¢ cog « « « 
August - Ome oven « « 
We note in this year’s issues, articles on “Spraying,” “Clover 
Seed Midge,” “Cabbage and Onion Maggot,” “Cut Worms,” “Rats 
on the Farm,” “English Sparrows,” “Buffalo Tree-hoppers,”’ “Cu- 
cumber Beetles,” etc. Upon p. 73 will be found a complete index 
of Volumes I and IT of this publication. 
The following circulars have been published by the State Ento- 
mologist’s Department in 1914: 
Circular No. 28, Jan. 20, 1914, Fumigation of Greenhouses with 
Cyanide, pp. 5, illustrated, by Wm. 
Moore. 
