ity 
Some of these letters were not answered because of the fact that we were not 
able to get a proper translation. No adequate conception of the difference of 
these plans and the range covered by them can be given in so brief a statement. 
None of the plans were found satisfactory. 
Anyone who has attempted to keep up with the present-day litera- 
ture of economic entomology must have been impressed with its in- 
creasingly heterogeneous character. Possibly nothing so well illus- 
trates the widening scope of the field of applied entomology as the 
great range of subjects treated, covering, for instance, such subjects as: 
Smyrna Fig Culture in the United States. 
Extermination of Malaria-Breeding Mosquitoes. 
Aquatic insects of New York State [as bearing on the food supply of fishes]. 
Insect Enemies of Forests and Forest Products. 
Contributions to a Study of the Insect Fauna of Human Excrement, with 
especial reference to the spread of Typhoid Fever by Flies. 
Combating Insects with Fungous Diseases. 
Intraradical Nutrition of Diseased ‘Trees for the Purpose of Curing them and 
Destroying Parasites. 
A long list of titles might be presented, but it is unnecessary. In 
so fertile a field the literature of economic entomology must become 
more and more diverse in the future. A very important question 
arises, namely, How may one keep reasonably well informed as to 
the results obtained by his co-workers in lines somewhat different 
from his own? This point has been referred to during previous 
meetings of this association. Doctor Smith, in his presidential ad- 
dress before this society on the occasion of its seventh annual meeting, 
expressed himself in reference to this matter as follows: 
Can we not devise some plan by means of which we can keep informed of 
what is going on without the necessity of wasting time by examining every- 
thing and then missing it all? 
Perhaps the writer feels more strongly on this point than the situ- 
ation warrants, but in his efforts to catch up with economic literature 
after about two years of work in the field under conditions discourag- 
ing to efforts of this character, he has been impressed with the desir- 
ability of some scheme, as suggested by Doctor Smith. The whole 
matter has appeared to be of sufficient importance to warrant the con- 
sideration of some plan whereby the desired results might be secured. 
Simply to put the matter in more definite shape for consideration, [ 
would propose that a person be annually designated for each of the 
principal natural divisions of the general subject whose duty it will 
be to present, at the following meeting, a résumé of the principal 
results achieved in that particular branch during the year. The 
reports of these several persons would become a part of our proceed- 
ings and could be referred to at will by workers in other lines. 
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