THE 



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A MONTHLY BULLETIN, 



Published by the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, for gratuitous distribution 

 among Farmers and Agriculturists. 



Vol. I. 



DECEMBER 25, 1865. 



No. 3. 



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.^@~ Published at the Hall of the Society, No. 518 Soitth 

 Thirteenth Street, where all (except Western) communi- 

 cations should be addressed. 



E. T. CEESSON, ) Publication Committee 



AUG. R. GROTE, } and 



J. W. McAllister, J Editors. 



BENJ. D. WALSH, Rock Island, Illinois, 



Associate Editor. 



PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 25, 1865. 



A FEW WOBDS ABOUT OVB PAFES. 



We are compelled, because of the present lim- 

 ited size and number of pages of our Bulletin, to 

 Bet most of this number in small type, in order to 

 give as much reading matter as possible. We have 

 plenty of information of much value to the Agri- 

 culturist, and we regret our inability, from the want 

 of funds, to publish promptly all that is sent to us. 

 We are sorry to say that the receipts derived from 

 advertisements (our only source of income) are en- 

 tirely insufficient even to defray the cost of publish- 

 ing the small Paper we now issue. We had, on 

 commencing, every cause to believe, that, by reason 

 of the large circulation of the Bulletin, those doing 

 business of interest to the Farmer and Agricultu- 

 rist would patronize the advertising columns, and 

 thereby assist us in establishing and maintaining 

 the only periodical in this country devoted entirely 

 to Practical Entomology. We shall go on, now 

 that we have began, and crowd into the limited 

 space all the information it will hold, at the same 

 time asking the indulgence of our correspondents, 

 promising to publish their articles in their turn, 

 and to answer their inquiries as promptly as we can. 



It is to be regretted that a work of this kind does 

 not receive more encouragement than it does, for 



there is nothing so much needed by Agriculturists 

 as information concerning the habits of Insects that 

 are injurious to their crops of all kinds, with relia- 

 ble remedies for their destruction. We could easily 

 fill sixteen pages witb such information every month, 

 had we the necessary funds. Our greatest expense, 

 of course, is paper; we have our own printing office, 

 and we save much expense by doing our own type- 

 setting and press-work. Before commencing to 

 publish the Bulletin, we were urged to publish a 

 monthly work either in pamphlet form or in a sheet 

 of 16 quarto pages, and charge for it a regular sub- 

 scription price, say $ I per annum; but having no 

 means of raising a sufficient capital wherewith to 

 start a publication upon such a scale, we concluded 

 to adopt the plan we are now endeavoring to carry 

 out, and to try, by a liberal system, to establish a 

 publication having for its object the gratuitous dif- 

 fusion of information of the greatest importance to 

 the Agriculturists of our country, and one that will 

 be within reach of the humblest Farmer. The de- 

 mand for copies of the Bulletin is immense, and we 

 shall do ourbest to supply it, but unless our receipts 

 are increased in some way or another, we shall be 

 compelled to limit the circulation. It is our deter- 

 mination to expend all of our income, however large 

 the amount may be, upon the Paper, to improve its 

 usefulness, and to enlarge its circulation . We derive 

 no personal benefit whatever from its publication, 

 but have undertaken it solely for the public good. 

 We feel it our duty to make this plain statement of 

 our condition, hoping that those interested in the 

 undertaking will exert themselves towards estab- 

 lishing its permanency. 



Contributions for this object are therefore soli- 

 cited, and will be acknowledged in the number of 

 the Bulletin succeeding the donation. 



