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termining the properties of chemical agents in relation to their effects on insect life 
and elucidate the applications of chemistry to entomological procedure. 
Another constructive step would be to develop a larger degree of cooperation 
between chemists in insecticides and entomologists as the workers in these two fields 
need the information and point of view of the other to supplement their special 
skill and knowledge. 
A third need is the broadening of the academic training of students in entomology. 
An examination of the applications for research fellowships of the Crop Protection 
Institute has revealed a lack of training and aptitude on the part of many of the 
candidates, considered in the light of the technical ability demanded by the problems 
which were to be attacked. Most of these research projects call for investigations 
largely of a chemical nature. It would appear that present methods of training 
research students is not calculated to give solutions to some of the important problems 
that confront us, and it is evident that there is need of a larger number of workers 
who have a thoro acquaintance with the principles of chemistry, plant physiology, 
and other subjects besides those of entomology. The colleges could render great 
.service in stressing the needs'along these lines and facilitating the efforts of students 
who are found to possess appropriate talents or have a bent towards activities of this 
character. It cannot be denied that we are confronted with problems that have 
been developed as far as they are capable of yielding results by present research 
abilities and technique commensurate with the expenditure of time and energy given 
them, and that, as far as these are concerned, we are entering or shall soon enter the 
stage of diminishing returns unless there is a sharpening of the tools of the ento¬ 
mologist. P. J. Parrott E. W. Ball 
A. F. Burgess E. P. Felt 
A. G. Ruggles J. M. Swaine 
Geo. A. Dean Wilmon Newell 
W. C. O’Kane Committee. 
Voted that the report be accepted. 
President A. G. Ruggles: The next is the report of the Trustees of 
the Crop Protection Institute. 
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CROP PROTECTION INSTITUTE 
The plan under which the Crop Protection Institute operates has remained 
unchanged during the past year. Its affairs are controlled, as they have been from 
the start, by a Board of Governors made up of scientific men named by the national 
associations and by the National Research Council. 
I think the Institute has made definite progress this year in the matter of its 
standing with experiment station directors, university presidents and officers in that 
group. 
Two or three years ago when the Institute was first organized it was an untried 
experiment. At the present time it enjoys the cooperation of the heads of established 
institutions to a marked degree, and that means that its work is facilitated and its 
future is pretty well assured. 
The Institute is administering six special funds for definite projects. These 
funds are not for the maintenance of the work of the Institute in general but are for 
special undertakings. Their total is 141,100. 
