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•spring by Professor T. H. Parks and County Agent Sleeth. Mr. Huber was able to 
report gratifying progress at the laboratory in starting off the life-history studies 
and carrying through in full to date the whole experimental program outlined in the 
spring. Director Truax read a letter of regret from Governor Donahey that he was 
unable to be present. The Governor, Director Truax and Director Williams all gave 
assurance of their support of the work under way. 
The Federal Horticultural Board held a conference at the State House, Boston, 
Mass., on August 17, in regard to the Federal inspection and certification of stock 
to be shipped out of nurseries within the gipsy moth quarantined area. Some ship¬ 
ments sent into other states during the past season were found infested, most of them 
emanating from one nursery. The speakers included Federal and State Inspectors, 
Commissioners of Agriculture and nurserymen. The concensus of opinion was that 
each nurseryman should be responsible for keeping his own nursery clean and should 
carry out all methods of treatment necessary to that end: that the State authorities 
should give inspections and advice and direct clean-up campaigns around the 
nurseries to aid in the work: and that Federal inspection and certification 
would be refused at all nurseries not granted a State certificate. The fol¬ 
lowing entomologists were present: Dr. L. O. Howard, Dr. A. L. Quaintance, 
Dr. C. L. Marlatt, E. D. Ball, Washington, D. C.; Mr. A. F. Burgess, D. M. Rogers, 
J. N. Summers, C. W. Collins, H. L. Blaisdell and S. S. Crossman of the Federal 
gipsy moth force; Mr. R. I. Smith and L. M. Scott, Plant Quarantine Inspection 
Service; W. C. O’Kane, State Entomologist, Durham, N. H.; W. E. Britton, State 
Entomologist, New Haven, Conn.; A. E. Stene, State.Entomologist, Harry Horovitz 
and R. A. Sheals, Assistant, Providence, R. I.; Mr. H. L. McIntyre, B. D. Van 
Buren and A. M. McDonald, Conservation Commissioner, Albany, N. Y.; R. H. 
Allen, Q. S. Lowry, George A. Smith, Dr. A. W. Gilbert, Commissioner, State 
Department of Agriculture, Boston, Mass.; Dr. Thomas J. Headlee, State Ento¬ 
mologist, New Brunswick, N. J.; Mr. C. H. Hadley, Director, Bureau of Plant 
Industry, Harrisburg, Pa.; George A. Dean, State Entomologist, Manhattan, Kan. 
A party of Ohio Entomologists and other state and county officials visited Port 
Stanley, Ontario, Canada, September 7-8, to observe the corn borer damage there 
and to study the control methods being used against this pest by the Canadians. 
The party was met by the Canadian Entomologists, with whom a joint session was 
held the evening of September 7th. On the 8th, a field trip was made under the super¬ 
vision of the Canadian Entomologists. The party crossed Lake Erie on the State 
Fisheries Boat, Oliver H. Perry. The following entomologists were in the party: 
Herbert Osborn, Columbus, Ohio, Harrison Garman, Lexington, Ky., Erie G. 
Brewer, Cleveland, Ohio, C. O. Larrabee, Cleveland, Ohio, T. H. Parks, Columbus, 
Ohio, P. A. Howell, Cleveland, Ohio, F. W. Poos, Sandusky, Ohio, Raymond C. Os- 
burn, Columbus, Ohio, Frank N. Wallace, Indianapolis, Ind., Geo. N. Dean, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., W. H. Larrimer, Lafayette, Ind., J. S. Houser, Wooster, Ohio, D. M. 
DeLong, Columbus, Ohio, N. E. Shaw, Columbus, Ohio, Richard Faxon, Columbus, 
Ohio, L. L. Huber, Geneva, Ohio, C. R. Neiswander, Geneva, Ohio, H. A. Gossard, 
Wooster, Ohio, D. J. Caffrey,Arlington, Mass., and M. D. Leonard, Albany, New York. 
