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and to explain the Government methods. In addition, in each of 
the two important lac provinces, Bihar and Orissa and the Central 
Provinces, at least one officer—a lac specialist—should be appointed 
to supervise the work of the farms and to conduct the necessary 
research operations. The qualifications required in this specialist 
would be, first and foremost, those of an entomologist, so that he 
may be in a position to study the insect and its enemies. Some 
knowledge of Botany is equally necessary and is generally found in 
an entomologist. 
