. [Report of the commissioners] [microform] : appendices C to F inclusive, containing evidence taken by the commissioners, special reports, etc. in vols. III, IV and V. Agriculture; Natural history; Agriculture; Sciences naturelles. MILLION'S IN THE STATES. It is known as a fact that he .saved not only the State to which his work was con- fined bu^ the whole Union, millions upon millions of dollars, by the information which he had been able to obtain and disseminate. The States of Illinois, Missouri, New and have had State Entomologists for several years, and othe
. [Report of the commissioners] [microform] : appendices C to F inclusive, containing evidence taken by the commissioners, special reports, etc. in vols. III, IV and V. Agriculture; Natural history; Agriculture; Sciences naturelles. MILLION'S IN THE STATES. It is known as a fact that he .saved not only the State to which his work was con- fined bu^ the whole Union, millions upon millions of dollars, by the information which he had been able to obtain and disseminate. The States of Illinois, Missouri, New and have had State Entomologists for several years, and other States have Entomologists in connection with their agricultural colleges who give their attention to the subject The advanta^ .s of the office of Provincial Entomologist would be that a man could devote his whole time to its duties, and whenever he found that a particular locality was threatened with the attack of any insect he would at once go there and investigate the nijitter on the spot, which a person engaged in any other occupation could not "do In this way Prof. Riley, as State Entomologist for Missouri, was enabled to do a great deal ot invaluable work, and I think it would be quite worth while for this Province to have an official of this kind. I have no doubt, if sufficient renumeration were offered, that a suitable personâhe would of course have to be a thoroughly skilled Entomologistâcould be obtained without much difficulty. Even if .|10,000 a year were spent in maintaining an office of this kind, it would be the means of saving hundreds of thousands of dollars to the community in general. The Colorado BeetleâDori/phora Fig. 21. Shows the Cdlorado Beetle in its â arious stages of development. To Mr. Snnmbrs.â'nw principal potato insect is, of course, the Colorado potato beetle, otherwise Doriji>liom di'cemhnenta, or the ten-lined spearman, so called from its peculiar markings. {;.,(ig. 21.) Nearly all our destructive insects ha
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