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Mississippi. K. L. Cocke rhen (July): Reported as doing very serious injury 
to a store "building and merchandise in Biloxi.' Men's shirts and shoes 
were "being damaged and 'the owner of the store "brought a "blue work shirt 
to the laboratory which had been entirely ruined. Ee stated that con- 
siderable of the merchandise had "been attacked. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (July 25): Termites are killing rhubarb plants at 
Burdett and infesting woodwork in the high school "building at Ju.nct ion 
City. 
ARGENTINE ANT (i ridonyrnex humilis Mayr) 
Louisiana. H. L. Dozier (July 19): The argentine ant is very abundant and 
is widely distributed over New Orleans. 
Mississippi. M. R. Smith (July 20): A new infestation was found recently 
in Attala County oy A. H. Simmons. 
A FIRE ANT ( Solenopsis geninata xyloni McC . ) 
Mississippi. M. R. Smith (July 20): Fire ants were the cause for more com- 
plaint from more sources than any other ants. Specimens were received 
from many localities. The ants have been reported as infesting homes, 
nesting in flower and vegetable gardens, as well as in lawns and yards, 
girdling the roots and stalks of eggplants, and gnawing holes in the pods 
of olcra and the "buds of althea. 
THE DUTCH ELM DISEASE SITUATION AS OF JULY 25„ 193^ 
The Dutch elm disease has been found in five States; namely, Connecticut, 
Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, and New York. According to the latest report 
(July 25, 193^+) i n which the data are sejjarated, U,U26 trees showing the Dutch 
elm disease have been found in the infected area as follows: New Jersey 3.^05, 
New York 992, and Connecticut 29. 
Scouting and eradication will be confined to the areas of known infection. 
The Federal funds will be used chiefly for scouting and loca.ting the diseased 
trees in the States of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, to combat the 
disease where it is spreading from that area. The States concerned will use 
their funds chiefly for the proper destruction of the diseased trees. 
For the present, the inspection work aimed at locating any unknown centers 
of infection will have to "be cared for by the States concerned and by other 
agencies interested in the safety of the elms. The Department will maintain 
a Dutch elm disease laboratory cat Morristown, N. J., where the suspicious 
material, either diseased elm "bark and twigs or bark beetle specimens, sent 
in from various parts of the country, will be examined. It is hoped that the 
State agencies and others interested will cooperate to the fullest extent in 
scouting and in encouraging people throughout the elm-growing areas to send 
in suspicious material for examination. 
