﻿Curator's 
  Report. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  present 
  report 
  for 
  1909, 
  we 
  are 
  endeavoring 
  to 
  present 
  

   a 
  subject 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  education, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  

   reports. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  subject 
  that 
  every 
  person 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  should 
  

   be 
  interested 
  in 
  and 
  study. 
  It 
  follows 
  the 
  Report 
  on 
  Birds, 
  as 
  

   they 
  are 
  the 
  destroyers 
  of 
  the 
  insects. 
  

  

  Unless 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  study 
  insects 
  and 
  how 
  to 
  

   destroy 
  them, 
  it 
  will 
  cost 
  the 
  State 
  many 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  crops, 
  trees, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  has 
  spent, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  over 
  a 
  million 
  dollars 
  in 
  

   trying- 
  to 
  destroy 
  two 
  imported 
  insects, 
  the 
  Gypsy 
  Moth 
  and 
  

   the 
  Brown-Tail 
  Moth, 
  which 
  are 
  sure 
  to 
  invade 
  New 
  Jersey 
  as 
  

   they 
  have 
  every 
  New 
  England 
  State. 
  

  

  In 
  selecting 
  Prof. 
  John 
  B. 
  Smith, 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  Experi- 
  

   mental 
  Station, 
  at 
  Rutgers 
  College, 
  we 
  know 
  no 
  better 
  man 
  in 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  procured. 
  He 
  has 
  a 
  reputation 
  

   as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  entomologists, 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  but 
  in 
  

   Europe. 
  His 
  success 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  every 
  one. 
  We 
  feel 
  sure 
  that 
  

   no 
  former 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  has 
  done 
  more 
  good 
  than 
  

   this 
  one 
  will 
  do. 
  

  

  THE 
  NEEDS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  The 
  one 
  thing 
  we 
  need 
  most 
  is 
  more 
  room. 
  It 
  is 
  impossible 
  

   to 
  display 
  many 
  of 
  our 
  specimens, 
  and 
  those 
  that 
  are 
  on 
  exhibi- 
  

   tion 
  are 
  so 
  crowded 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  shown 
  to 
  advantage, 
  

   while 
  others 
  cannot 
  be 
  displayed. 
  Our 
  exhibits 
  of 
  school 
  work 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  seen 
  to 
  any 
  advantage 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  proper 
  place 
  to 
  

   install 
  them. 
  There 
  should 
  be 
  rooms 
  especially 
  for 
  this 
  depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  where 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  made 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   interesting 
  and 
  educational 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  Museum. 
  There 
  

   is, 
  in 
  this 
  department, 
  work 
  that 
  was 
  exhibited 
  at 
  seven 
  great 
  

  

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