Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-17
MANY COMPLIMENTS.
Authorities all Over the World
Unite IN il.
DR.. A. b. Hopkins of RMS Place Re-
ceiyes Many Flatiering Notices Re-
suits Of Investigation in the North.
west Preliminary Reports have Been
Made to The Department.

west-Preliminary Reports have Been
Made to The Department.
DR. A. D. Hopkins has made the
preliminary report OF the trip that
he took to the Northwest last sum
mer acting under the Division of
Entomology. 1t has been issued by
the department at Washington aud
is now being distributed. The re-
suits OF the trip are given in this re-
port and from the comments that are
being made on it by eminent men
all over the world itcan be seen that
it is a very valuable one
DIR. Howard. of the Division of
Entomology, who is one of the most
noted OF the worlds entomologists
has the following to say Of DR.. Hop
kins:
Dir. Hopkins was chosen for this
work on account Of his great knowl
edge OF forest insects, subject OF
which he has made a special study
for number of years, his previous
observations having been made large
ly in the State of West Virginia. The
writer considers himself fortunate
in being able to secure DR.. Hopkins
services for this investigation and
feels sure that the results obtained,
even as displayed in the preliminary
report, will be of value to the for
est interests of the Northwest.
In speaking of the matter of the
investigation in another report he
adds
Complaints having been received
from several scientific men in the
Northwest of damage to forests by the
work of insects, it was determined
during the winter OF 1898 90 to con
duct preliminary Investigation into
the causes of the trouble. The writ
er was fortunately able to secure the
services of DIR. A. d. Hopkins of the
West Virginia Agricultural Expert
ment Station, a man who by virtue
of long study OF forest insects in his
State has made himself the Ameri-
can authority in this line of
work. DIR. Hopkins was commission
ed for three months, and under in
structions from the Entomologist
visited portions of northern Califor-
MIA, Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
and made a careful and successful
survey of forest conditions, especial
ly with relation to damage by in
sects. He found many species of
insects new to science, which were
undoubtedly engaged in destructive
work in the timber of that region,
and made many observations, upon
which may be based practical sug-
gestions which will prove OF value to
lumbermen.
DIR. Howard is not alone in this
opinion but a recent number of the
Freemason, of London, England, has
the following reference to him:
The relations of forest trees to in
sects ravages, insects to forests fires,
diseases of trees to insects to flung
GUS diseases, are not obvious at first
sight, but DIR. A. ID. Hopkins shows
in report on the insect enemies of
forests, in the northwest, just issued
BY the United States Department of
Agriculture division Of Entomolo.
gy) thai there is close connection
and, to a certain extent, interdepen-
denee of all these factors in the de
struction of valuable forest products.
Trees dying by injury from fires, or
weakened in vitality, offer favorable
conditions for the multiplication of
vast numbers of destructive insects.
Moreover, trees which have been
killed by insects furnish, in their
fallen branches, standing and fallen
partly decayed trunks and dry bark,
most favorable condition for the
starting, rapid spread, and perpetu-
alton OF forest fires tits we'll known
that forest trees, weakened by dis
ease, contribute to the multiplica-
ton of their insect enemies, there
fore, the study of the insects associ-
ated with unhealthy forest trees
should lead to results of economic
Importance. AS an example of in
scots contributing to the spread of
fungous diseases, DIR Hopkins re
ports that the heartwood of the
white fir, throughout the region ex
amined by him, was commonly rem
dered worthless by decay, as the re-
suit of wounds in the living bark
made by the Scolytus bark beetles.
The attention of the American
Forester to another investigation
that he made in this state is attract
ed and these two extracts are in
Guided in long article on the sub
ject:
A pamphlet Of great interest in
this connection is Bulletin Sc OF the
West Virginia Experiment Station.
containing the results OF Professor
A. D. Hopkins study Of insect de
predations on the Spruce and Pine
t0rpHEs of that Sfafa With, .yh.. last