Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-10-16
HAVE YOUR BUGS EXAMINED.
Entomo|ogist Appointed for Agricultural COL
Iege Experiment Station.

EntomoIogist Appointed for Agricultural COL
Iege Experiment Station.
Farmers, fruit growers, truck
gardeners, and intact all.who are
Interested in agriculture in. North
Carolina should be interested to
learn that the A. & M. College and
Experiment Station has establish
ed a new department for the
teaching and study of insects.
This is not a new line of work for
the State, as the State Entomo-
Iogist of the Department of Agrl-
culture at Raleigh has, for a num-
Der of years, conducted the work
of the inspection of orchards and
nurseries, and undertaken investl-
CATION and control of certain in
furious insect pests. There must
be, however, many problems that
the State Entomologist has not,
and may not, be able to undertake.
The new entomologist, R. I.
Smith, at the A. & M. College
and Experiment Station at West
Raleigh comes from Georgia where
he held the position as state en-
tomologist for a number of years.
In that position he was enabled to
gain a wide experience in the con-
troll of injurious insects of the
Southern States.
In taking up the work in North
Carolina the entomologist desires
to obtain the cooperation of the
farmers and fruit-growers of the
State. Letters and correspondence
are the best means to this impor'
tant end, and it is his earnest de-
sire that everyone will feel free tt
write for information. Specimen
of insects, their eggs or cocoons
together with samples of the WORK
of injurious forms.should be sem
with the letters. Insects should
always be sent separately in
tight wooden or tin box plainly
labelled with the name and ad
dress of sender.
Experimental work looking to-
ward the control of some i'm
portant insect pests will be taker
up by the entomologist, and let
ters from farmers and others ovel
the State about the principal in
sects will greatly aid him il
selecting lines of work that will
be of greatest benefit.
The state experiment station
work in all it's branches, is for the
benefit Of the citizens of NORTH
Carolina. This is perhaps par
ticularly true with Investigations
of injurious insects. Statistics
show that insects destroy about
ten per cent. of all agricultural
products each year. Hence very
little thought is needed to make
one realize the Importance of in
sect control.
Insects injuring household goods
and stored products such as corn
and small grains, garden, field
crop, and fruit tree pests, all help
to cause the annual loss.
Most crops for this year are
practically beyond damage from
insects, except perhaps cotton
and some late garden crops. Dur
ing the past summer, however,
much injury has no doubt been
caused by various insects of the
farm and orchard. Letters con-
corning such damage will be well
coined by the entomologist.
Furthermore in many cases he
may be able to suggest methods
for preventing the temperance
and damage from such insects
next year.
All interested citizens of North
Carolina should grasp this oppor.
tunity Of getting Information and
assistance entirely free of cost.
All packages should be addressed
to R. I. Smith, entomologist, Ag.
ricultural Experiment Station,
West Raleigh, N. G.