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Anotl tture of th<- equipuv fully 
determini ,i m a baais for r. . ognitioo <>t tin- b] 
.i loo and I ml Idenf 
matter <>f much tabor and expense, but this should by do means be neglected, for it 
is i mi tell when there may be a demand for the identification of some ol] 
.1 Qaturally, if it is an inaeet attraetii antion, the determination 
must be prompt and oertain. Whether tin- insect be Injurious oc not thep 
notieing it and i . t Ion want to know w hat tin- nature of the 
may be, whether ot possible danger oi not, and whatever to ki of Unpor- 
appearani . . It ii b entomo 
to take np some group of insects having eoonomie Importance as somewhat 
to be an i sport In ;ill lim-.s, end then, bj 
adenceand exchanging with entomologists who have given attention toother 
groups, each may become poes i>l lections which are authentic. The « 
work on timber insects in the West Virginis station is an excellent example <>f the 
value of thi> plan. The work of Hopkins on ScoljftidcB f Bruner on I . and 
Smith on Noetuida is directly in lint- of such study. The enlargement of thi 
of the station work upon the part of those in authority would seem t<> mi 
desirable. 
I desire here t<> call attention to a phase of our work which I believe confronts tlio 
entomologist in all parts of the country and which seems likely to be a perplexing 
problem in the time t<» come. I refer t<> tin- various insecticides, u 1. bad, ami 
indifferent, which arc {dared upon the market ami more or less energetically brought 
to public notice by parties who have simply the commercial phase of the subject in 
view. It would he entirely out of place to mak< 1 condemnation of these 
I or of parties who are pushing their use. Some of them are undoubtedly 
Me, and there can be no question that benefit si iscs from the adoption "i 
ho, from indifference and ignorance, would not adopt well- 
known standard preparations that might be nsed with mud We 
must recognize the large advantage of the commercial in placing his 
public, and the fact that the iiiite likely to adopt the 
dy which is pply station when fo dopt reme- 
dial i itbreak of insect injury. An « ffort to » >liah- 
; tandard apparatus and i;. in the lai 
i] benefit. Such a movement baa been 
ho y where the distance from main supply depota rend i par- 
tly necessary . It is an important question n klgoout 
fraudulent ademn those which, 
■ M at many times their actual val method • 
esaaryfbi ineh information and 
II tile hOl 
the pi 
douhtless gain a ntrol. 
of thi 
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