In 1856, the Bureau of Agriculture and Statistics for the Province of Canada offered prizes for essays on various pests of WHEAT. The winners were amateurs; in fact, many early contributions were made by amateurs, eg, H.H. CROFT, first president of the Entomological Society of Canada (est 1863), was professor of CHEMISTRY at King's College (University of Toronto).
Discipline de la ZOOLOGIE qui traite des INSECTES, quoique la définition précise de l'ensemble des animaux qui font l'objet de cette science est sujet à interprétation.