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kinds. It is believed that the foes of all these, 

 as well as of all other dangerous pests, may 

 be found. 



The California commission does not advise 

 the abandoning of the use of artificial protec- 

 tion wherever there is no foe at hand or wher- 

 ever the foe does not as yet do its full service, 

 but it points out that all these sprays, washes, 

 fumigators and so on, are but makeshifts, that 

 they are expensive, and that they cannot be 

 relied upon to give permanent relief. Nature 

 has somewhere a good bug to kill the bad 

 bug ; it is man's part to find the first and lib- 

 erate him where he can destroy the second. 



The attention of other states is being called 

 to this remarkable work, with the probability 

 of its indefinite expansion. There appears to 

 be no reason why it may not be made to 

 include practically all the insect pests. The 

 national government has recently been at 

 work along the same line, seeking to locate 

 foes of the various pests affecting cereals, 

 cotton and fruits. 



The subjoined statement somewhat in de- 

 tail of the damage of insect pests in the 

 United States in a single year, prepared in the 



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