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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 
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Mr. Harry W. Vinton, who was employed in the Bureau of Entomology for more 
than 17 years, died at Pittsfield, Mass., October 29, 1923. About two years ago, Mr. 
Vinton suffered a severe attack of pneumonia and since that time has steadily declined 
in health, although he was able to attend to his duties until last July. Throughout 
his long employment with the Bureau, Mr. Vinton worked on the Gipsy Moth and 
Brown-tail Moth project. He was made first assistant to the officer in charge of field 
control work against these insects when work was begun by the Bureau in 1906. 
In 1913 he was assigned to the position of first assistant in the quarantine section of 
the moth work and retained this position up to the time of his death. Prior to his 
employment with the Bureau, Mr. Vinton served the State of Massachusetts in 
various capacities in the work conducted by that State against the gipsy moth and 
the brown-tail moth, having begun his employment with the State in April, 1893. 
Being naturally observant and interested in insect and bird life, Mr. Vinton became 
well acquainted with many of the New England species. His ability and long ex¬ 
perience in field operations, including quarantine work, made him an especially 
valuable and efficient employee. His loss to the Bureau is greatly regretted by all 
those who knew him. 
The Civil Governor of Kwongtung Province, South China, has authorized the 
organization of a bureau for the Improvement of Sericulture in that Province! 
The Bureau is known as the Kwongtung Provincial Bureau for the Improvement of 
Sericulture and has its Head Offices located on the campus of the Canton Christian 
College, with the Head of the Department of Sericulture of that College, C. W. 
Howard, as the Director of the Bureau. The close affiliation of the Bureau and the 
College Department of Sericulture it is expected will strengthen this government 
work as the college has for the past five years been actively working along these lines 
among the silk farmers of South China, and has created an active demand for the 
extension and instructional work which they will be able to do. The Bureau will have 
power to supervise all production of certified silk worm eggs in the Province and to 
license all egg producers and merchants, as well as put into force any measures 
which it may think wise to improve the production and reeling of silk worm cocoons 
or growing of mulberries. It is supported by an ample appropriation from the 
government. Kwontung is the largest center for the production of raw silk in China, 
exporting each year twice as much steam filature raw silk as Shanghai which draws 
its product from the entire Yangtse Valley. If the industry can be put onto a 
modern scientfic basis the output from South China can be increased by four to five 
times. The placing of this task of improving their largest single industry into the 
hands of foreign experts speaks well for the progressive spirit of the South Chinese. 
A Pea Aphis Conference held at Washington, D. C., November 20 and 21, 1923, 
was called primarily to continue the cooperative work initiated at Chicago last year, 
to review the accomplishments of the past season, and to make plans for further work. 
Representatives from the entomological departments of the important pea-canning 
states were present, in addition to pea canners, entomologists of some of the insecticide 
companies, and members of the Bureau of Entomology. The state representatives 
included J. J. Davis, T. J. Headlee, P. J. Parrott, E. N. Cory, W. P. Flint, E. O. 
Essig, C. L. Fluke, Herbert Spencer, C. C. Hamilton, G. S. Langford, and S. F. Potts. 
The insecticide companies were represented by Wiliam Moore, G. F. Leonard, and 
F. J. Sutton. Representatives of pea canners at this meeting included C. G. Woodbury, 
W. E. Nicholoy, J. P. Street, H. P. Cannon, J. W. Deniger, and W. E. Spencer. 
