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Philadelphia, Pa., May. 1902. 



The preliminary report of the Secretary of Agriculture of 

 Pennsylvania for 1901 contains the following statement : "Div- 

 ision of Economic Zoology. This division is in charge of a 

 connnissioner who is known as the Economic Zoologist, who.se 

 duties are to make examination and investigations into the 

 insect enemies of crops and report upon their ravages and give 



suggestions for their control or eradication." There 



is al.so incorporated the report of the work done in the Division 

 of Zoology for the year ending December 31. 1901, and signed 

 by the Economic Zoologist. Seven pages of the report of the 

 Zoologi.st consist of the copy of an act passed at the last session 

 of the Legislature. This act related to the protection of trees, 

 shrubs, nursery stock, etc., against destructive insects. There 

 is a half page devoted to other matters, in which it is stated 

 that the "tent caterpillar was abundant" and that the "Angu- 

 mois grain moth was again troublesome in the Eastern section. ' ' 



"The office work of the division has been extensive. Hun- 

 dreds of letters have been received and answered." The Eco- 

 nomic Zoologist receives a salary of $2,500 and has an assistant 

 who receives $1,800 per annum, making in all $4,300, which 

 does not include the expenses of the department. We leave 

 our readers to judge whether the people of Pennsylvania 

 receive an adequate return for the money expended. The Act 

 of Assembly was probably not copied by the Zoologist, but if 

 it were, that work can be done at 25 cents an hour, and it 

 could be done in two or three hours. We consider the report 

 from the standpoint of Economic Entomology very unsatis- 

 factory. 



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