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elected to promote the objects of the organization in many 

 localities through the country. 1 ' 



"How will these objects be attained?" 

 "In the first place, the objects of the society 

 are largely educational, As in all questions of large pub- 

 lic importance, the main idea is to give the public an oppor- 

 tunity to know just how important they are. In the second 

 place, the society will form a clearing house for information, 

 and its meetings will discuss the most advantageous methods 

 of insect control. Take, for example, the ravages of the 

 gypsy moth and the brown-tail moth in the northeastern states. 

 If we can bring about a general knowledge of theee insects 



and of the harm they do, and are able to instill into the 







mind of the individual the necessity for and the proper meth- 

 ods of their control, how much easier it will be to combat 

 them than when the work is confined only to governmental 

 agencies I " 



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