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VOL. 3 NO. 2 



JUNE 1954 



A free semiannual periodical published 

 as part of the annual rei^ort of the Mass- 

 achusetts Agricidtural ExiJerinient Station. 



All requests for Research in Review 

 should be addressed to the Mailing Room, 

 South College, University of Massachusetts, 

 Amherst, Massachusetts. 



Director — Dale H. Sibling 



Editor — Portia A. Ierardi 



Chicks of the Year 3 



Even Hercules Would Have Balked! 4 



The Walthom Field Station 6 



Nev/ Pasteurization Studies 10 



Antibiotics Score Again 12 



Massachusetts Celebrates One Hun- 

 dred Years of Entomology 14 



Ray Koon Retires Back Cover 



Cover: Ray M. Koon, former head of The 



Walthom Field Station. See story on back 



cover. 



Photo by Zitso Studio 



Massachusetts Joins Nation 



in Celebration of 



Entomology Centennial 



(See story, pages 14-15.) 



Everyone likes a success story. The progress 

 made by entomologists in the past century 

 in Massachusetts in the control of harmful 

 insects has been a notable success story. 

 Massachusetts has a national reputation for 

 producing leaders in the field of entomol- 

 ogy. We are proud of that reputation and 

 the contributions that have been made by 

 these scientists for the betterment of our 

 nation. 



It was also in Massachusetts that one of 

 the great entomological mistakes was made, 

 for it was here that the Gypsy Moth was 

 allowed to escape in 1 869 after having 

 been imported for the purpose of improv- 

 ing silk production. 



To add to the irony of this unfortunate 

 scientific adventure that backfired, no silk 

 was ever produced, and since 1900 the in- 

 sect pest has cost the Commonwealth 

 $55,000,000 in direct expenditures as well 

 as other damages. 



Eradication of the Gypsy Moth in our 

 state would be a scientific triumph that 

 would compensate for the great faux pas 

 made by one entomologist long ago. 



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