October, '22] scientific notes 375 



European Com Borer Conference: On September 7th and 8th a party of forty- 

 three officials, county agents and farmers from the state of Ohio visited the European 

 Corn Borer Laboratory at Port Stanley, Ont. They arrived at Port Stanley from 

 Cleveland on the afternoon of the seventh, coming across Lake Erie on the Ohio Fish 

 and Game Commission's boat. 



The morning of the eighth was spent in visiting the laboratory and then a trip was 

 made in motor trucks to some of the more heavily infested fields. Stops were also 

 made at the Dominion Government experimental control plots and at different fields 

 where corn had been planted in accordance with suggestions made by the officers of 

 the Entomological Branch. It was readily seen that late planted corn suffered less 

 injur}^ from the European corn borer as compared with that planted earlier in the 

 season. 



The object of the trip, which was organized by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, 

 was to bring to the attention of the farmers and county agents of that state the 

 necessity of cooperative action in sections where the European corn borer is present 

 and doing extensive damage. The visitors returned to Cleveland by boat on the 

 afternoon of the eighth. 



The party was in charge of Mr. L. J. Taber, Director of Agriculttu-e for Ohio, and 

 included E. C. Cotton, Director of Plant Industry Columbus; Prof. Raymond C. 

 Osburn, Ohio University; Prof. Herbert Osburn, Ohio University; H. A. Gossard, 

 State Entomologist; J. S. Houser, Assistant State Entomologist; T. H. Parks, 

 Extension Entomologist, and N. E. Shaw, Columbus. Mr. W. A. Walton, Chief of 

 the Division of Forage Insects, and Mr. L. H. Worthley, in charge of Corn Borer 

 Control, of the United States Department of Agriculture accompanied the visitors. 



Mr. L. S. McLaine, Chief of the Division of Foreign Pests Suppression and Messrs. 

 Crawford and Keenan of the Entomological Branch and Capt. G. J. Spencer of the 

 Ontario Department of Agriculture, conducted the party through the infested area. 



THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN 

 ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



The 35th annual meeting of the American Association of Economic Entomologists 

 will be held at Boston, Mass., December 28 to 30, 1922. 



The day sessions will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 

 Cambridge, and at least one evening session will be held in the Auditorium of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History. 



Hotel headquarters will be at the Brunswick, Boylston Street, near Copley Square. 

 As hotels are likely to be crowded during the Christmas holidays, members are 

 urged to secure reservations by corresponding direct with the hotel at once. 



During convocation week, it is planned to hold a joint meeting with the American 

 Phytopathological Society. Members interested in medical entomology will hold a 

 joint session with Section N, and the entomologists especially interested in extension 

 work and in the Insect Pest Survey plan will hold special group meetings. 



Applications for membership should be filed with the Secretary as early as possible, 

 and should be accompanied with the fee of $3.50. AppUcation blanks can be secured 

 from the Secretary or the chairman of the membership committee. 



A. F. Burgess, Secretary 



Melrose Highlands, Mass. 



