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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  trol 
  Avork 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  or 
  marsh, 
  in 
  the 
  orchard 
  or 
  even 
  about 
  the 
  

   home. 
  Prophylactic 
  measures 
  against 
  yellow 
  fever, 
  malaria 
  and 
  

   typhoid 
  must 
  depend 
  in 
  large 
  measure 
  upon 
  an 
  intimate 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  certain 
  insects 
  and 
  their 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  dissemination 
  

   oi 
  the 
  dangerous 
  germs. 
  The 
  study, 
  of 
  injurious 
  insects 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  

   means 
  completed. 
  There 
  is 
  great 
  need 
  of 
  investigations 
  that 
  can 
  

   not 
  be 
  adequately 
  conducted 
  with 
  our 
  present 
  resources. 
  The 
  ex- 
  

   hibit 
  collections 
  should 
  be 
  greatly 
  strengthened 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  series 
  

   of 
  well 
  executed, 
  enlarged 
  models 
  of 
  the 
  smaller, 
  more 
  injurious 
  

   insects. 
  Such 
  a 
  departure 
  would 
  greatly 
  increase 
  the 
  practical 
  and 
  

   educational 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  entomologic 
  exhibits, 
  particularly 
  as 
  the 
  

   significance 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  recent 
  discoveries 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  ade- 
  

   quately 
  portrayed 
  without 
  such 
  aid. 
  This 
  latter 
  would 
  also 
  do 
  much 
  

   to 
  bring 
  the 
  larger 
  exhibit 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  Education 
  Building 
  up 
  

   to 
  a 
  high 
  standard. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted 
  

  

  Ephraim 
  Porter 
  Felt 
  

  

  State 
  Entomologist 
  

   Office 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist, 
  October 
  15, 
  1908 
  

  

  