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A MONTHLY BULLETIN, 



Publislied by the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, for the dissemination of valuable 

 knowledge among Agriculturists and Horticulturists. 



Vol. I. 



JUNE 25, 1866. 



No. 9. 



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_;Sr- Published at the Hall of the Society, No. 518 South 

 Thirteenth Street, where all (except Western) communi- 

 cations should be addressed. 



^®~ Tekms — 50 cents a year, in advance. 



^SS^ AW subscriptions must date from the commence- 

 ment of the volume. 



^^^^Our Western Correspondents will please send their 

 communications direct to Benj. D. Walsh, M. A,, Associate 

 Editor, Rock Island, Illinois. 



E. T. CRESSON. ) Poblication Committee 



AUG. R. GROTE, \ and 



J. w. McAllister. J editors. 



BENJ. D. WALSH, Rock Island, Illinois, 



Associate Editor. 



PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 25, 1866. 



SHALL THIS PAPEB BE CONTINUED ANOTHER 

 YEAR? 



Three more numbers will conclude the first year's 

 existence of this little paper, and we are glad to 

 learn that the few pages that have been published 

 have already proved valuable to many. Its history 

 should be well known by all who receive it regularly, 

 as each subscriber has been furnished with a copy 

 from its commencement. Still there are some who 

 seem to misunderstand the object of the Publication 

 Committee of the Entomological Society in issumg 

 the paper. Since we were obliged to stop the gra- 

 tuitous distribution, and to ask the small subscrip- 

 tion price of 50 cents a year, some appear to think 

 that there is a screw loose somewhere, and that 

 the Committee, growing tired of giving the paper 

 away, want to put money into their own pockets. 

 This is not so. The true object of the Committee 

 is still the same as when the paper was given away, 

 and that is the dissemination of a practical know- 

 ledge of Entomology among the agriculturists of 

 our country, without fee or reward. So far from 

 the Committee being pecuniarily benefited by the 

 publication of this paper, they have, on the con- 

 trary, been obliged to put their hands into their own 

 pockets to the extent of several hundreds of dol- 

 lars in order to issue it regularly every month, 

 and to distribute 8000 copies gratuitously. The 

 receipts from advertisements and contributions from 



kind friends have assisted much, but with the pre- 

 sent high price of paper and labor, they are soon 

 exhausted. Certainly this state of things cannot 

 be expected to continue, nor will the Committee 

 undertake the publication of the Practical Ento- 

 mologist another year unless they have some rea- 

 sonable assurance that it will be self-sustaining. 



We therefore take this early opportunity to say 

 that unless we receive at least 6000 subscribers to 

 the paper for the second year, at 50 cents per copy, 

 its publication will not be continued. If the infor- 

 mation imparted by the paper is not worth the small 

 sum of fifty cents a year, it is not worth anything, 

 and it is sheer folly for any one to expect the Com- 

 mittee to continue its publication, which is of no 

 benefit whatever to them, at their own expense, fof 

 the benefit of those to whom the information is 

 valuable. 



The publication of the Practical Entomolo- 

 gist is yet an experiment, and it is to the interest 

 of every Farmer and Fruit-grower in the country 

 to see that it is permanently established. If the 

 present readers of the paper wish its continuance, 

 they will subscribe to it and also urge their neigh- 

 bors to do the same. We therefore request that all 

 who wish to subscribe for a copy for the second 

 year, commencing with October, 1866, at 50 cents 

 a year, will please forward their names and address 

 as soon as possible; but we do not want the money 

 sent until the issue of the first number, the receipt 

 of which will inform them that 5000 names have 

 been procured, and that the paper will be continued 

 another year. 



To make the continuation of the paper sure, let 

 every one try to send us as many names as they can 

 procure around their neighborhood, and if the de- 

 sired number of subscribers is doubled, so much 

 the better for the paper, as all the receipts will be 

 expended upon its publication, in increasing its size 

 and value. 



Subscribers may rest assured of one thing, viz : 

 that if we commence the second years' issue of the 

 Practical Entomologist, we shall carry it through to 

 the close of that year. But before we make the at- 

 tempt, we desire to know, as acurately as possible, 

 what the pecuniary prospect is likely to be. 



