JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 
OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 
APRIL, 1918 
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The opening of another season under war conditions is a challenge 
to economic entomologists or entomological engineers to justify once 
more the great practical value of their calling. There will be unex¬ 
ampled opportunities to discriminate between essentials and the com¬ 
paratively unimportant and it is quite within possibilities to render 
more service by advising a modified and reduced spraying program 
designed to control the more serious insect pests, than to advocate a 
theoretically perfect schedule impractical under present day limita¬ 
tions. 
There is more need than ever to watch developments for the purpose 
of anticipating and effectively controlling insect outbreaks in their 
incipiency. There should be more expert field entomologists stationed 
at important crop centers and working in closest cooperation with 
county agents and various agricultural organizations. The entomolo¬ 
gist should demonstrate that one of the most effective methods of 
increasing crop production is by crop conservation. It is hoped that 
the organized work of last year conducted under the direction of fed¬ 
eral and state authorities may be greatly extended the coming season, 
though there will probably be greater difficulty in securing enough 
well qualified men than last year. 
