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conducted in eastern Canada. The provincial Department of Aj^riculture 

 made grants to the affected parishes, to assist the farmers in the purchase of 

 bran, Paris green, etc. 



In 1923, in co-operation with tjhe Entomological Department of Macdonald 

 College, investigations in truck crop insects were und^ertaken in the Montreal 

 district, special attention being given to the control of the onion maggot, 

 Hylemyia anliqua Meig. 



In the development of the plant inspection service, an office of the 

 Entomological Branch, was estal)lished in Montreal, in 1918, and for a number 

 of years the work conducted from this ofiice was in charge of Mr. J. I. Beaulne. 

 This officer left our service in 1923, his i)lace ])eing taken by Mr. W. St. O. 

 Ryan. With the coming into effect of the I'cvised regulations of the 

 Destructive Insect and Pest Act, in Sept. 1923, the fumigation station at St. 

 John's, Que., was closed. 



During the years 1922 and 1923, the Division of Foreign Pests Suppression 

 undertook scouting work in the southern areas of Quebec province in order to 

 see if the Gipsy moth had become esta])lished. In 1923, in view of the discovery 

 of an impoitant outbreak at Alburgh, Vermont, special scouting was undertaken 

 in southern (Quebec, pai'ticularly in the area adjourning that state. In this 

 work, we wer(^ assisted by trained scouts, kindly loaned to us by' the United 

 State;? Bureau of Entomology. 



Provincial 



The provincial Department of Entomology was organized in 1914, in 

 which year legislation for the "Protection of Plants from Destructive Insects 

 and Fungoid Diseases", was passed. The Rev. Canon Huard was the first 

 Provincial Entomologist and occupied the position form 1914 to 19 IG, in which 

 latter year, Mr. George Maheux succeeded him. Mr. Maheux continues to 

 direct in a very efficient manner the entomological activities of the Dcjpartment, 

 At first, nursery inspection was the work which chiefly occupied the time of the 

 entoniologist, but since 191(), the i)rovincial a(-tiviti('s hav(^ l)roadcned consi- 

 derably and under Mr. Maheux's diiection valuable results have been accom- 

 plished. Much educational work has been undertaken, information relating 

 to the control of insects being disseminated by means of lectures, bulletins, 

 control demonstrations, spray calendars, etc. In this work, Mr. Omer Caron 

 has assisted since 1921. 



Nurseries in the province are inspected at regular intervals. During 

 the last four years special demonstrations in spraying have been given each 

 year on IGO farms. In addition, similar demonstrations have ])een given on 

 60 fruits farms, 40 vegetable plots and (iO snudl fruit j^lantations. Tlie work 

 on some of the larger fruit farms has been carried on in close co-operation 

 with the Dominion Entomological Branch. County entomological work was 

 started in 1922, with an officer in charge. Control demonstrations have 

 been carried out with such insects as grasshoppers, root maggots, tent cater- 

 pillars, cutworms, potato beetle, etc., and all of this work has convinced the 

 farmers of the efR.ciency of the measures of control. In 1918, the existing 

 legislation was amended, giving the Provincial Executive Council authority 

 to take action against any pest when deemed necessary. In 1920, the legis- 

 lation of 1909, relating to "The Protection of Bees", was amenrled to increase 

 the fine to be paid by any person who si)rays fruit trees in bloom. 



