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sion agent, insects injurious to domestic animals, Maryland to Indiana; W. H. Lar- 

 rimer, cereal and forage insects in charge of field station. West Lafayette, Ind.; C. M. 

 Packard from Berkeley, Calif., to have charge of field station at Hagerstown, Md. ; 

 M. C. Lane, Forest Grove, Ore., to Berkeley, Cahf.; D. J. Caffrey, Hagerstown, Md., 

 to Ariington, Mass., in charge of investigations on the European corn borer; E. J. 

 Newcomber and W. D. Whitcomb to Yakima, Wash., to a new field station for the 

 study of the codling moth and other deciduous fruit insects; E. R. Selkregg and B. R. 

 Leach to Dover, Del., where a new laboratory has been established for study of the 

 codling moth; C. H. Alden to Wallingford, Conn., C. K. Fisher, formerly at WeUing- 

 ton, Kan., to Wichita, Kan.; W. B. Turner, Hagerstown, Md., to ArUngton, Mass.; 

 F. L. Simanton, Benton Harbor, Mich., to Monticello; Fla.; W. A. Hoffman, Monti- 

 cello, Fla., to Brownwood, Tex.; E. H. Siegler, WalUngford, Conn., to Washington, 

 D. C; A. O. Larson, extension work in deciduous fruit insects to Alhambra, Calif., 

 to investigate pea and bean weevils in California; F. B. MiUiken to Dallas, Tex., 

 where a laboratory will be established for the study of the species of Tribolium and 

 other mUl pests. 



The European corn borer work has been reorganized under Cereal and Forage 

 Insect Investigations of the Bureau, with separate headquarters for the investigational 

 and control activities. Investigational headquarters are located at No. 10 Court St., 

 Arlington, Mass., and this work is now in full swing. The personnel at present is as 

 follows: D. J. Caffrey, assistant in charge; H. E. Smith, entomological assistant; 

 R. H. Van Zwaluwenburg; G. B. Fisher, W. B. Turner, C. W. Curtin, scientific assist- 

 ants; J. H. Moore, field assistant; F. L. Pendergast, stenographic clerk; G. F. Greene, 

 laborer. L. H. Worthley, formerly engaged under A. F. Burgess as agent in pre- 

 venting spread of moths, has been placed in charge of the control work, with head- 

 quarters at 43 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. This phase of the work for the present 

 will be carried on mainly under a fund especially appropriated by the state of Mas- 

 sachusetts in cooperation with the State Department of Agriculture. Saul Phillips 

 has been appointed as assistant under Mr. Worthley for the field work, and entered 

 upon his new duties on April 15. Mr. PhilUps has had fifteen years of experience in 

 insect control work in eastern Massachusetts, including gipsy and brown-tail moth 

 work, and also considerable experience in mosquito control on the North Shore. He 

 is, therefore, well equipped to handle the work which has been entrusted to his care. 

 A force of 400 men was put to work cleaning up in the infested area on April 15, when 

 the special state appropriation of $30,000 became available. It is expected that this 

 work subsequently will be provided for by the Federal Government, if Congress 

 agrees to allow a suitable appropriation for the work. Several methods of attacking 

 the insect have been proposed, and are now being given a thorough trial. In view 

 of the short period of time available before the moths emerge from their winter 

 quarters, it probably will not be possible to treat effectively the entire infested area 

 this spring. 



Mailed June 28, 1919 



