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Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee
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Professors C. V. Riley, Cyrus Thomas, and Dr. A. S. Packard appointed to U.S. Entomologist Commission to investigate grasshoppers and other insects ravaging Western agriculture. Headquarters in Washington, D.C.; Western office in St. Louis; regions and tasks divided among members.
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The commission will have its headquarters at Washington in Prof. Hayden's office, and their Western office, in which the larger part of the indoor work is to be done, at St. Louis.
Prof Riley will occupy himself more particularly with the whole country east of the mountains and south of the 48th parallel; also the west half of Iowa and the whole of British America. Professor Thomas takes Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and East Wyoming, while Professor Packard will make Montana, West Wyoming and the Pacific slope his special field.
The natural history, remedies, prevention measures, the meteorological and geographical bearings of the subject, etc., will also be divided and allotted to facilitate the work of the Commission.
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commission appointed with headquarters at washington and western office at st. louis; work divided by regions and subjects including natural history, remedies, prevention, meteorological and geographical aspects.
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Prof. C. V. Riley, State Entomologist of Missouri, Prof Cyrus Thomas, State Entomologist of Illinois, and Dr. A. S. Packard, of the American Naturalist, Mass., have been appointed a United States Entomologist Commission, to inquire into the habits and character of grasshoppers and other destructive insects, which have created for several years so much ravage in the agricultural districts of the West. The commission will have its headquarters at Washington in Prof. Hayden's office, and their Western office, in which the larger part of the indoor work is to be done, at St. Louis. Prof Riley will occupy himself more particularly with the whole country east of the mountains and south of the 48th parallel; also the west half of Iowa and the whole of British America. Professor Thomas takes Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and East Wyoming, while Professor Packard will make Montana, West Wyoming and the Pacific slope his special field. The natural history, remedies, prevention measures, the meteorological and geographical bearings of the subject, etc., will also be divided and allotted to facilitate the work of the Commission.