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ordination or correlation of the work in this line carried forward 
under different agencies, and a conference of the heads of the 
several departments resulted in an agreement that certain recom¬ 
mendations to the Agricultural Commission would be desirable. 
Being assured by the Commission that such an effort would be 
entirely acceptable, a statement of the lines of co-operation which 
seemed desirable was presented to the Commission and later, 
on invitation, the whole matter was discussed in conference with 
the Agricultural Commission with an agreement upon the recom¬ 
mendations made. 
The provisions of these recommendations were in brief to 
provide for conferences and co-operative work among the different 
Entomological workers to distribute lines of work with reference 
to securing highest efficiency, to avoid duplications and unnecessary 
expense in time and travel and to arrange for an annual meeting 
at which reports of progress, comparison of results and discussion 
of future projects might be considered. It is under this provision 
that we meet today in what it is hoped may be only the first of 
many annual gatherings. 
What this co-operation means in the development of Entomo¬ 
logical work in the .State of course remains to be seen but that it is 
a basis for more effective and satisfactory work seems certain and 
as one result of this action we have this meeting and conference 
and feel very confident that an understanding of the problems 
being studied by the different individuals will result not only in a 
greater appreciation of the work being done by others, but will 
make possible such an interchange of ideas and opportunity for 
assistance as to stimulate and advance the Entomological work in 
the state. 
It may be noted in a general survey of all of these state activi¬ 
ties that whereas twenty-five years ago a single entomologist was 
responsible for all of the entomological duties of the state, there 
are now some seventeen different trained entomologists who give 
a large part of, or their entire time to this particular line of work and 
it is very apparent to all of us that the entomological problems 
pressing for solution are just as numerous and urgent today as a 
generation or century ago. 
Another very marked feature is that whereas in the earlier 
days the work and reports of the entomologist were received with 
little confidence and even with contempt by most cultivators, the 
attitude at present is one of anxious attention to everything that 
can be suggested in the way of practical measures for insect con¬ 
trol. 
