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here seems to be some misapprehension, among some of the men of | 
Mi gision, relative to cooperative work within the section, due to 
fat that they have not taken all factors in the question under 
. consideration. 
; here are some points at present to be considered that have never: 
fore confronted those engaged in entomological work in this or any. 
her country. Ever since the dawn of applied entomology, workers, 
th State and National, have been few and widely separated. Coopera- 
fon has not, except in rare cases, been possible, and each investiga- 
has applied himself to the study of such insects as occurred in 
| immediate neighborhood or in his particular State. Indeed, no 
ther course was left open to him. When his work was finished and the 
Sults published, the information was almost necessarily at once ap- 
lied to the entire country, over which the subject of his study was 
adstributed. We are now coming to find out, and much to our sorrow, 
Rat in many cases what was found true in one part of the country did 
ot necessarily hold good at distant points. Farmers, following rec- 
mmendations given for a certain section of the country, found that 
he advice given them offered them little or no aid in protecting their 
Pops, and they proceeded at once to blame the entomologist. As it 
AS not possible for the entomologist to be in more than one place at 
ince and then only inside of his own State, the defect could ‘not possi- | 
Ly have been remedied. Under present conditions it will now be possi- | 
ae to put two score men of this branch at work on the same insect, 
© as many different points in the United States, on the same day if 
ecessary; something that could never have been done before in the 
listory of entomology. 
Never before has there been such a group of trained entomological 
IMvestigators brought together, working as a single body. For this 
"eason, by mutual cooperation between individuals of this branch, we 
ire able to carry out investigations over a wide range of country, 
mder the same system and with strict uniformity, thus securing facts 
lot before obtainable relative to whatever insect may be under consid- 
2 ation and under whatever environment it may occur. To assign to one 
fn alone the investigation of an insect in any single locality, keep- 
mg Others of the force in other localities under different environ- 
ents from doing so would be to place ourselves back into the old 
athods of doing things, but without the same justification, besides 
4 ecessarily sacrificing the prestige we have gained. 
| With our advanced position we must of necessity revise our methods 
bO correspond therewith. This can only be done by assigning to an 
Investigator a certain piece of work in which he must be able to hold 
4 e lead, while everyone else throughout the area of distribution of 
at species makes all the observations possible and does all possible 
york thereon whenever and wherever it can be done. Then, when the re- 
mits are brought together and published, we shall have ‘someth ring that 
nil be as accurate for one locality as for another - just what has 
ever before been possible, nor can it now be possible under any other 
system except one as exact and comprehensive as ours. It goes without 
laying that not only will the individual be able to present matter such 
28 could not previously have been obtained, but also, as strict credit 
ist in all cases be given, those who have aided him have in this way 
nothing and will themselves reap a similar benefit when it becomes 
duty to take up some major problem, study it, and publish thereon. 
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