This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...degree so serious an obstacle, with consequent impetus to the development of those rich territories. The development of entomological work, in so far as it relates to the study and control of insect pests affecting the crops that are grown, has naturally been seriously handicapped by hitherto well nigh insuperable ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...degree so serious an obstacle, with consequent impetus to the development of those rich territories. The development of entomological work, in so far as it relates to the study and control of insect pests affecting the crops that are grown, has naturally been seriously handicapped by hitherto well nigh insuperable factors. Nevertheless, much pioneer work has been accomplished and a considerable amount of information has been collected regarding the insect pests occurring in the various territories. Mr. A. D. Peacock, late Entomologist for Southern Nigeria, has published an extensive report on the insect pests of that region and Mr. W. H. Patterson on the Gold Coast and Mr. A. W. Jobbins-Pomeroy in Nigeria, are prosecuting their investigations with a zeal that is not checked by the primitive and backward conditions of native agriculture, the difficulties of travel or the inadequacy of laboratory accommodation, assistance or entomological equipment. To those entomologists brought up and accustomed to work in the lap of luxury so far as facilities and apparatus for entomological investigations are concerned, the difficulties with which the British entomologists working in these tropical colonies have to contend are inconceivable. That they are able to accomplish so much is proof of their intense enthusiasm for their work and their ability to withstand conditions and surmount obstacles which would conquer any but the strongest natures. The widespread prevalence of tropical diseases, particularly malaria and human Trypanosomiasis, led the Imperial Bureau of Entomology to undertake extensive surveys of the distribution of the blood-sucking insects of West Africa and Dr. J. J. Simpson has been conducting such an investigation. He has collected an enormous amount o...
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