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erences to literature. As this side of the work is more liiiely to be overlooked, he 

 would be glad to see a resolution passed commending the technical side of the Gov- 

 ernment work iueutomology to Congress. 



Referring to Mr. Lugger's suggestion, he further suggested that the distribution of 

 diseased insects afforded an opportunity for co-operation. 



Mr. Riley stated that he felt strongly that an opportunity for co-operation existed 

 in special lines. He thought that a standing committee on co-operation might bo 

 appointed to plan detiuite experiments on mooted questions and to send out author- 

 itative suggestions to station entomologists and to members of the association. He 

 suggested uniform standards and uniform and better correlated results. In reo-ard to 

 the gathering of statistical information, he instanced the case of Hi/imderma hovis, 

 stating that the work of the Department at Washington could be greatly facilitated 

 by the assistance of different entomologists in their respective localities. The case 

 of the spread of a new pest affords another field, as accurate information of the rate 

 and extent of the spread could be more easily gained by co-operative work. 



Mr. Forbes spoke of the concert of observations and report in regard to outbreaks 

 over a wide area, but considered that all arrangements should be flexible and that 

 the work of a formal committee might be cumbersome and slow. He thought that the 

 work might be accomplished by mere suggestion, by letters either from individual 

 workers to one another or from the Department at Washington to the members of the 

 association. 



Mr. Lintuer thought that it would be desirable and that the members of the asso- 

 ciation had a right to ask that the Division of Entomology should formulate a plan of 

 co-operation and that the Division itself should also have the right to call for aid on the 

 members of the association. He instanced the Rose Bug as a case where co-operation 

 would be advisable. He had learned from a correspondent in Virginia that the Rose 

 Bugs of a given neighborhood came from a swamp, and he urged that all members of 

 the association in localities where this insect is abundant should endeavor to iind 

 whether its breeding places were restricted to sandy or swampy localities. 



Mr. Alwood rather dissented from the proposition that the co-operation should be 

 left to correspondence. He thought that the particular charging of a committee with 

 the planning of work would be more effective. 



Mr. W. O. Atwater, by invitation, addressed the association and said that the plan 

 adopted by the horticulturists seems to him a very good one, and thought that it 

 would be advantageous to extend the scheme of co-operation beyond the experiment 

 stations and to interest all practical workers in the subject. He dwelt at length upon 

 the necessity of a high scientific ideal. 



Mr. Lintner offered a resolution which, after amendment, was adopted in the fol- 

 lowing form: 



" Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the president, of which he 

 shall be chairman, and which shall consider and report to the next annual meetino- 

 upon a method or methods to secure co-operation among the members of the associa- 

 tiou. It is also authorized to represent the association in conference with any com- 

 mittee on entomology which may be appointed by the Association of Agricultural 

 Colleges and Experiment Stations." 



The topic of " amendments to the constitution" was then brought before the asso- 

 ciation for discussion. 



Mr. Forbes moved that the paragraph relative to meetings be amended to read as 

 follows: 



" The annual meeting shall be held at such place and time as may be decided upon 

 by the association at theiirevious annual meeting, and special meetings may be 

 called by a majority of the officers. Eight members shall constitute a quorum for 

 the transaction of business. " 



Mr. Lintner proposed that the opening paragraph of the constitution be amended 

 80 as to read as follows : 



