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Remarkable progress has been made in economic entomology and plant path- 

 ology in our Province, thanks to such men as our President, Prof. W. Loehhead, 

 professor of Biology at Macdonald College, who has occupied the chair of the 

 Quebec Society for Protection of Plants since its very inception ; Mr. C. E. Petch., 

 an enthusiastic worker at the Federal Entomological Station of Hemmingford; 

 the following professors of Macdonald College ; Messrs W. S. Blair, who organized 

 the spraying work done in our several demonstration orchards; P. I. Bryce and 

 W. P. Fraser, who ably seconded Prof. Loehhead, T. G. Bunting, who succeeded 

 Prof. Blair as Horticulturist at Macdonald College and who is responsible for 

 the good work done there in spraying annually, seconded by such men as D. M. 

 Straight, E. M. DuPorte, A. H. Maclennan, A. C. Gorham, E. M. Picker and 

 Mr. Tawse. Dr. J. C. Chapais and Mr. Auguste Dupuis, besides being charter 

 members of the Society, have always taken a keen interest in entomology, Dr. 

 Chapais not having missed reading a paper annually. 



At Oka also, entomology had played an important part in the history of the 

 College: In 1913, Mr. Firmin Letourneau, was made professor of Entomology, 

 and the writer ever since 1911 has had charge of the spraying operations in the 

 Oka extensive orchards, over 60 acres, being appointed vice-President of the 

 Society in 1917, and since. I may add that we were the first to use Lime-Sulphur 

 wash on our trees as well as the first commercial fruit-growers to dust orchards 

 in the Province. 



Dr. J. M. Swaine was appointed the first secretary of the Society at its 

 inception and occupied the post until he resigned on account of his duties as 

 Dominion Entomologist in charge of Forest Insects. Since 1919, Professor B. T. 

 Dickson has ably succeeded Dr. Swaine as Secretary-Treasurer of Quebec Society. 



It would not be just if I did not mention here that other remarkable men 

 have played a very important part in the dissemination of entomological economic 

 knowledge in our Province, as the Dominion Entomologists, the late Dr. G. Hewitt 

 and his successor Mr. Arthur Gibson, who have always been in the front at every 

 meeting of our Society. One may judge of their co-operation by the following 

 papers read during the past ten years: 



1911: The Care of the Farm Wood-Let, by J. M. Swaine, C. E. Farm, Ottawa. 



Cutworms and how to Control Them, by Akthttr Gibson, the Chief Ass. Ent., Otta. 

 1912: The Role Played by Bees in the Fertilization of Flowers, by F. W. L. Sladen. 



Some Insects which Attack the Roots of Vegetables, toy A. Gibson. 

 1913: Some Insect Enemies of Shade Trees, by J. M. Swaine. 

 Injurious Flea-Beetles of Quebec, by A. Gibson. 



Let us Instruct the Farmers, by G. Beaulieu, Ent. Branch, Ottawa. 



Insects and the Forest, by J. M. Swaine. 



Bee Diseases, by F. W. L. Sladen. 



Notes on the Life-History and Control of the Bee-Moth, .by J. I. Beaulne, Ottawa. 

 1914: The Brown-Tail Moth in New Brunswick, by E. H. Strickland, Ottawa. 



Forest Insects in Stanley Park, B.C., by R. N. Chrystal. 



Insects Affecting Ornamental Stock in Quebec, by J. M. Swaine. 

 1915: Grasshoppers and their Control, by A. Gibson. 



Three Injurious Locusts of Nova Scotia, toy C. B. Htjtchings. 

 1916: Carriers for Dusting, by C. E. Petch, Hemmingford. 



Cabbage Insects, by A. Gibson. 



The White Weevil in Quebec, by J. M. Swaine. 



Twe Destructive Shade Tree Borers, Locust Borer and the Bronze Birch Borer, 

 by C. B. Htjtchings. 

 1917: Warble.s and Bots, by Dr. A. E. Cameron, Ottawa. 



The Control of the White-Marked Tussock Moth, by J. M. Swaine. 

 1918: Dusting and Spraying Suggestions for Quebec, by C. E. Petch. 



The Imported Alder Leaf Miner, by C. B. Htjtchings. 



Some Insect; Injuries in Wood Lots, by J. M. Swaine. 



