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later, for when Professor Smith came to New Jersey he continued 

 his studies on insects affecting the latter crop, an important one 

 in the state. And when later, in 1903, the Bureau of Entomology 

 desired a publication on this subject we find that Farmers' Bul- 

 letin 178 on "Insects Injurious to Cranberries" was written by 

 Professor Smith, so that he was evidently recognized as the lead- 

 ing authority on the subject. 



Professor Smith continued his work in the Division of Ento- 

 mology for two years, when he became an assistant in the Na- 

 tional Museum and remained there until 1889, when he was ap- 

 pointed entomologist to the New Jersey Agricultural College Ex- 

 periment Station and professor of entomology in Rutgers College. 

 Rev. Dr. George Hulst, who had held the position in New Jersey 

 the year previous, had known Professor Smith since 1880, and 

 it was undoubtedly through his influence that Professor Smith 

 came to New Jersey. At that time the Experiment Station build- 

 ing was not completed and Professor Smith's first office was in 

 old " Queen's " — the central one of the college buildings. Later, 

 at the completion of the Experiment Station, he moved to that 

 building and had before him the tasks of building up a department 

 with its collection and equipment, and the investigation of the 

 various injurious insects of the state. This latter work covered 

 a large field, but there are certain problems which appear most 

 prominent in his work and these may be briefly mentioned. 



The first is that of cranberry insects. This was one of the first 

 problems which he considered. It always interested him, as it 

 was an important one in New Jersey and, as already noted, he 

 became a recognized authority on the subject. 



A second problem of great importance to the horticultural in- 

 terests of New Jersey, as well as other states, was that of the 

 San Jose scale. This pest was introduced into New Jersey in 

 1893 or 1894 and, in spite of the efforts to check it, it had spread 

 so rapidly that in a short time it had reached the point where 

 there was no hope of extermination ; and the question arose of 

 the best methods of dealing with it. More or less success in con- 



