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rangements for some fundamental investigation in sulphur for the control of insects 
and plant diseases. F. H. Lathrop, Associate Professor of Entomology and Assist¬ 
ant Entomologist of the Oregon Agricultural College and Experiment Station, has 
been appointed to the sulphur fellowship of the Crop Protection Institute. He 
entered upon his duties September 1, 1922, and is working under the direction of 
Prof. P. J. Parrott of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station. Mr. J W. 
Bulger, a graduate of South Dakota State College, with a Master’s Degree from 
Ohio State University, 1922, was awarded the fellowship for the study of sulphur for 
the control of soil-infesting insects. Mr. Bulger is working under the direction of 
Dr. Herbert Osborn of the Ohio State University. 
Under the Crop Protection Institute, cooperative dusting experiments have been 
carried out in the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Connecticut, New York, 
Kansas, and Wisconsin. Details of the experiments and important results will be 
presented in various bulletins of the Crop Protection Institute. If time would per¬ 
mit, many illustrations could be given of splendid results acomplished by entomolo¬ 
gists in these cooperative experiments, regional conferences, cooperating with in¬ 
dustrial concerns and private agencies, all of which are fostered and supported by 
the Crop Protection Institute affiliated with the National Research Council. These 
conferences, which are stimulating interest in economic entomology and focusing 
attention on economic problems of outstanding importance, are almost certain to 
speed up research and experimental activities. 
The meetings of the Division of Biology and Agriculture are not only a source of 
stimulation, but they also show very plearly that there is such an interrelation and 
interdependence of our problems in entomology with those of other fields in biology 
and science, that the development and solution of them cannot be considered separate¬ 
ly without loss, and that the entomologist of the future will be required more than 
ever before to deal with problems involving interrelationships between many fields of 
science. 
An invitation was extended to your representative on the National Research 
Council to attend the conference on Federation of the American Biological Societies, 
held on April 23, in the office of the National Research Council, Washington, D. C. 
This meeting was participated in by official representatives from the following organi¬ 
zations : 
American Society of Zoologists 
American Genetic Association. 
American Society of Naturalists. 
American Phytopathological Society. 
Ecological Society of America. 
Botanical Society of America. 
American Society for Horticultural Science. 
Society of American Foresters. 
Society of American Bacteriologists. 
American Association for the Advancement of Science, and its 
Sections G, F, O, and N. 
American Association of Economic Entomologists. 
American Society of Agronomy. 
Entomological Society of America. 
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 
