TY - JOUR
AU - Knight, Kenneth, L.
AB - Abstract Inevitably, each year that passes has a special significance for someone. This year, 1975, is a significant one for the science and profession of entomology. One hundred years ago, the Connecticut General Assembly passed a measure granting $2800 a year for 2 yr to Wesleyan University at Middletown “to be used in employing competent scientific men to carry on the appropriate work of an agricultural experiment station.” This event, expressive of the generally awakening intellectual climate of the times, along with later similar events in other states, led Congress in 1887 to pass the Hatch Act which provided federal funds to each state establishing an agricultural experiment station. Comprised today of 60 state and territory stations and a primary scientist manpower force of more than 10,500 individuals, the state agricultural experiment station system has had an influential part in carrying the United States to unchallenged world leadership in food production. It also has had much to do with the creation of manifold opportunities for the training and employment of entomologists and with the elevation of entomology to a highly respected and essential science. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes 1 Presidential address, Entomological Society of America New Orleans, LA, Dec. 1, 1975. © 1976 Entomological Society of America
TI - Entomological Potpourri
JF - American Entomologist
DO - 10.1093/besa/22.1.3
DA - 1976-03-15
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SP - 3
EP - 5
VL - 22
IS - 1
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