Mar., 1915.] 
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other workers and references to his collections may be found in 
reports on the Odonata by Kellicott, Diptera by Prof. Jas. S. Hine, 
Hemiptera by H. Osborn, and in other reports. 
EXPERIMENT STATION ENTOMOLOGY. 
Official Entomological work in Ohio may be considered as 
having started with the organization of the Experiment Station 
in 1882. While no official entomologist was connected with the 
Station at this organization it is interesting to note that quite an 
extended article was included in the First Annual Report of the 
Director, Prof. W. R. Lazenby, whose activity in Horticultural 
and Forestry lines has continued thru many years. The paper 
on insects in this First Annual Report occupies some twenty-four 
pages and discusses in general terms the nature of insect injuries 
and special remedies with discussions on the life history and 
habits with treatment for insects of the vegetable garden, the fruit 
garden, orchard and field crops. 
Later reports of the station include references to insect studies, 
those up to 1886 apparently being under the direction of Prof. 
Lazenby, altho I understand that he was assisted in this work by 
Mr. Alwood. 
In 1886, Mr. W. B. Alwood was given the title of Entomologist 
to the Station, and the Annual Report for the year 1886 includes 
a quite extensive paper by him. The first part is devoted to 
“Notes on Insects and Insecticides,” and the second section under 
the title of “Injurious Insects” includes discussions of the better 
known and more common insects of orchard and garden. This 
report is in considerable part a compilation from the writings of 
Riley and other entomologists but includes references to Ohio 
observations and conditions. It must have served a very excel¬ 
lent purpose in furnishing information to the people of the state 
concerning the insects that are most troublesome here. Mr. 
Alwood* also reported to the Division of Entomology of the U. 
S. Department of Agriculture certain work on Ohio Insects. 
Mr. Alwood’s connection as Entomologist seems to have 
terminated at the end of the year 1886. The following report of 
1S87 contains no mention of insect work. 
Soon after the reorganization of the Experiment Station under 
the National Experiment Station Act, Prof. C. M. Weed was ap¬ 
pointed as Entomologist to the station, and since that time there 
has been no year without some official entomological work con¬ 
nected with the Ohio Station. Prof. Weed’s studies concerned 
particularly the insects affecting fruits and his experiments and 
reports upon the remedies of plum curculio marked a distinct 
*Report on Ohio Insects. Bull 13, Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Ag. 1887. 
Tests with Insecticides on Garden Insects, Bull 13, Div. Ent. U. S. 
Dept. Ag. 1887. 
