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State Food Supply Commission, which was organized for the special 
purpose of promoting production, and the other scientific agencies 
such as the Experiment Stations, and Cornell University, etc., we 
endeavored to keep in close touch with conditions throughout the state 
and to distribute that information promptly, preferably through county 
agents, so that anybody in the state would know pretty nearly what 
was going on, entomologically speaking. When possible we endeav¬ 
ored to forecast and warn as to probable developments. Of course, 
that is a little bit dangerous. You can’t tell whether you guess right 
or not, but it does seem wise to put the farmers and gardeners on their 
guard against possible developments, with the distinct idea that they 
are to watch and then go ahead. Another thing I think has been 
brought out rather emphatically in our experience during the past 
year is the great value of the local agent. 
We have in our state a farm bureau agent for practically every 
county, and last summer, under the charge of Professor Crosby, we 
had entomologists working in important centers. 
I, 
You gentlemen appreciate as well as I, that it is surprising how many 
mistakes the average man can make without really trying, and we 
have found in hundreds of instances a man doing the wrong thing 
when he thought he was doing the right, and, of course, a concrete 
saving there means increased production. I believe, generally speak¬ 
ing, that we can accomplish more in conserving food supplies, etc., 
by emphasizing these comparatively insignificant features than we 
can by giving considerable attention to some larger and really more 
important matters. Save the small things and the larger ones will 
look out for themselves. 
Mr. R. L. Webster: Mr. President, it seems to me that this in¬ 
sect survey proposition is one of the most important points that has 
been brought out in the whole discussion. It leads us to information 
that we do not get in any other way. We do not get it through our 
correspondence because the farmers and fruit-growers do not see these 
things in time, and the college people do not get it because they are 
not in close touch. I think this is one of the most important things in 
the whole situation. 
Mr. F. C. Bishopp: Mr. President, I think there is one aspect of 
this question that has not really been touched upon and that is the 
relation of insects affecting live stock in the production of the meat and 
food supply. We have a number of instances in which insects have 
materially cut down the production of the meat foods and the by¬ 
products of them. This is a field which is being neglected in practice 
by the entomologists. It is being left a great deal to the veterinarians 
who unfortunately minimize the importance of these things. 
