THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 
OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 
MORNING SESSION, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1904. 
The Association met in the laboratory of physiology and pathology 
of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., on December 
29 and 30, 1904. The following were in attendance at the several 
sessions : 
W. B. Alwood, Blacksburg, Va.; G. M. Bentley, Raleigh, N. C.; Frank Ben- 
ton, Washington, D. C.; F. C. Bishopp, Washington, D. C.; W. E. Brit- 
ton, New Haven, Conn.; A. EF. Burgess, Columbus, Ohio; C. E. Chambliss, 
Clemson College, S. C.; M. T. Cook, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba; E. B. Ungle, 
Ifarrisburg, Pa.; E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y.; H. T. Fernald, Amherst, Mass. ; 
James Fletcher, Ottawa, Canada; S. A. Forbes, Urbana, Ill.; H. Garman, Lex- 
ington, Ky.; C. P. Gillette, Fort Collins; Colo.; L. O.. Howard, Washington, 
Dp. C.; W. D. Hunter, Washington, D. C.: William Lochhead, Guelph, Ontario, 
Canada; A. D. MacGillivray, Ithaca, N. Y.; C. L. Marlatt, Washington, D. C.; 
G. W. Martin, Nashville, Tenn.; Leslie Martin, Washington, D. C.; Yasushi 
Nawa, Gifu, Japan; Herbert Osborn, Columbus, Ohio; J. L. Phillips, Blacks- 
burg, Va.; A. L. Quaintance, Washington, D. C.; W. A. Riley, Ithaca, N. Y.; 
EK. D. Sanderson, Durham, N. H.; William Saunders, London, Ontario, Canada; 
W. M. Seott, Washington, D. C.; Henry Skinner, Philadelphia, Pa.; M. V. 
Slingerland, Ithaca, N. Y.; J. B. Smith, New Brunswick N. J.; H. E. Summers, 
Ames, Iowa; H. A. Surface, Harrisburg, Pa.; HE. S. G. Titus, Washington, 
D. C.; H. L. Viereck, New Haven, Conn.; F. L. Washburn, St. Anthony Park, 
Minn.; Fk. M. Webster, Urbana, II1. 
The meeting was called to order at 10 a. m. by the president, Mr. 
A. L. Quaintance, who delivered his annual address as follows: 
SOME PRESENT-DAY FEATURES OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY IN 
AMERICA 
By A. L. QUAINTANCE, Washington, D. C. 
It is one of the present-day beliefs that we are living in a period of 
unexampled scientific activity. A census of achievement during the 
past two or three decades would undoubtedly furnish evidence that 
this belief is well founded. This activity has been as notable in 
applied as in pure science. Indeed, the tendency toward almost 
immediate utilization of scientific discoveries in practical affairs has 
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