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f J3ie rapid advance in ento- olryical activity during the past ton 
years has necessarily Vo,;: accomplished >. ; a readjustment of 
this branch of scientific agriculture. Comprehensive survey 
has become necessary i.e. the se bl: ; of 11 data on ristri- 
bution, season and regional fluctuation of insect abundance. 
weather: d t-- as'Iel to", to insect out breaks s gheno logic e'l dat 
and other- iscellajvoous ir.n T. mat ion, studying the da'ti and cor- 
relating it- various factors and dissa, mating the results in 
an available form for the immediate use of allleconomic entono- 
logical rorkers. ■ - . 
Hie Bureau of Entomolog/- of the United States Department of 
i.griculture, in cooperation with the State Ento: ologists. Ento- 
mologists of the- Agricultural jbrpertaent Stations, state Depart- 
ments ©f gr i culture, .igiicultural Collercst and other entomolo- 
gic 1 agonSies has orgtrai x-' for this ;6rl an I:.r. xt'Pest Survey. 
Zio, Survey hopos to issue a Monthly Bulletin on current insect 
conditions .throughout the country. In.'j&ddition to this main pub- 
lication it will attempt to publish Special Reports of immediate 
interest on outbrechs of a more serious nature, These ' special 
reports will be sent out if possible the day following that upon 
which the information is leceived and. \;ill only be sent to the 
States iixiediatly concerned in the outbreak reported. { A number 
ef chsss 3p2ci..l Reports have already -.been issued }. Ihe itibject 
- " r. ••? da ipaeiai leporcs will air-ays be reviewed ii the 
Monthl';'" Bulletin for general information, Very xrio : : o . tbre-'hs 
are to bo reported by our Collaborators by wire and a Telegraphic 
Emergency Report will be issued when occasion demands, 
Each year an annual digest of the important facts gathered during 
the past season will be published in the form of Insect Pest 
Summaries; a seporate summary to cover the pests of each of the 
major group of crops. In the Summaries will bo, when possible, 
maps of the distribution of outbreaks comparing these with previ- 
ous recorded out breaks, correlated weather and insect abvndance 
graphs, tabulated statistics oh losses occasioned by insects, 
seasonal abundance curves, etc. which will serve as a basis for 
approaching any economic problem with a much clearer .perspective 
than is possible with this information scattered through the 
public tin; .s of the manj 7- entomological agencies o: i V : files 
of the u comological workers throughout; tfo'a country. 
