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Kansas, Manhattan, — Geo. A. Dean. 

 Chinch bug control, Geo. A. Dean and J. W. McCoUoch. 

 Chinch bug egg parasite, J. W. McColloch. 

 Control of San Jose scale, J. H. Merrill. 



Maine, Orono, — Edith M. Patch. 

 Ecological and morphological investigations of Aphididae. 

 Ecological and morphological investigations of Psyllidse. 



Minnesota, St. Anthony Park, — F. L. Washburn. 

 Minnesota scale insects. W. Moore in immediate charge. 



Mississippi, Agricultural College, — R. W. Harned, E. W. Stafford. 

 Scale insects of Mississippi (food habits and life history of the native species). 

 Some progress. 



Missouri, Columbia, — Leonard Haseman. 

 The tarnished plant bug and its work on peach and other plants. 



Well under way. 

 The apple leaf hopper. 

 Well under way. 

 The distribution of the various broods of the Periodical Cicada occurring in Missouri, 



Reports completed this season. 

 The control of San Jose scale. 



Just beginning a systematic campaign for the control of this pest throughout 

 the state in connection with the enforcement of the recently enacted Nursery 

 and Orchard Inspection Law. 



Montana, Bozeman, — R. A. Cooley. 

 Life history and control of the sugar beet louse {Pemphigus helce). 

 Study of the control of the oyster shell scale by use of insecticides. 



New York, Geneva, — P. J. Parrott, H. E. Hodgkiss. 

 Life history, habits and means of protecting pear orchards from the false tarnished 



plant-bug, Lygus invitus Say. 

 A study of the activities of the late summer broods of the Pear Psylla and finding 



of more efficient means of control. 

 The life history, habits and means of controlling the grape leaf hopper. F. Z. Hartzel 



in immediate charge. 



Neiv Mexico, State College,— D. E. Merrill. 

 The grape leaf hopper. 



Experiments as to control in the vineyard; detailed life history. Probably 

 will finish next season. 

 San Jose scale. 



Some summer spraying- to test effectiveness. 



North Carolina, Raleigh, — -Franklin Sherman, Jr. 

 Laundry soap in water as a remedey for aphids. 



This project will be continued. It is believed that simple solutions of this 

 material are preferable to the more complex emulsions, more available than 

 tobacco extracts, and just as satisfactory, — hence to be recommended, espe- 

 cially for small-scale operations, as in gardens, etc. 



