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includes Federal entomologists located in the district as well as all state entomo¬ 
logists. The problems common to the section will be discussed and projects 
planned to coeer all without needless duplication. Entomologists of Michigan 
and Kentucky have been invited to this conference because of their peculiar 
interests in the European corn borer and Mexican bean beetle, both of which are 
advancing into the district. 
Mr. H. B. Peirson has recently been appointed Entomologist in the Forest Service, 
under the technical direction of the division of Forest Insect Investigations, utilizing 
cooperative funds supplied by Maine timberland owners. For several years Mr. 
Peirson has been serving as State Forest Entomologist in Maine under the direction of 
the State Forest Service, supported by the timberland owners. The present arrange¬ 
ment will make it possible for him to maintain closer relations with the Northeastern 
Forest Service Experiment Station and Represent the Bureau of Entomology in 
cooperative work at that station. 
The Rhode Island Nurserymen’s Association held a well attended meeting on 
February 6 at which there was a spirited discussion on various subjects relating to 
the nursery business, and particularly with regard to the operation of quarantines 
against New England because of the presence of the gipsy moth. The afternoon was 
devoted to a program consisting of : “Rose Growing for Nurserymen,” by W. E. 
Craig of Alassachusetts; “Propagating Evergreens,” by FI. H. DeWildt; and 
“New Insects of a Serious Nature Recently Introduced or Likely to Come into 
Rhode Island from Other States,” by A. E. Stene. 
The following State Entomologists visited Washington to attend the Japanese 
beetle hearing of the Federal Horticultural Board, January 4, 1924; George G. 
Becker, Little Rock, Ark.; E. N. Cory, College Park, Md.; S. B. Fracker, Madison, 
Wig.; P. A. Glenn, Urbana, Ill.; C. H. Hadley, Harrisburg, Pa.; T. J. Headlee, 
New Brunswick, N. J.; S. J. Hunter, Lawrence, Ivans.; M. D. Leonard, Albany, 
N, Y.; and FYank N. Wallace, Indianapolis, Ind. The following also attended: 
Arthur Gisbon, Dominion Entomologist, Ottawa, Canada; L. S. McLaine, Chief, 
Division of Foreign Pests Suppression, Ottawa, Canada; Wilmon Newell, Plant 
Commissioner, State Plant Board, Gainesville, Fla.; and C. A. McCue, Director. 
Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Delaware, Newark, Del. 
•The Entomology Department at Montana State College has moved into its new 
quarters in Lewis Hall. The new structure is a five story building 135 by 65 feet, 
and is devoted entirely to the biological group of subjects, including the departments 
of Botany, Entomology and Zoology. The Entomology Department will have four 
laboratories for Experiment Station work, an insect collection room, an insecticide 
laboratory, an artists’ room, photographic laboratories, offices and library. There 
are two student laboratories for entomology and two lecture rooms. The equip¬ 
ment , includes also a refrigerating plant and temperature conditioning chambers. 
There are also laboratories and offices for beekeeping and rodent control. 
An agreement has recently been signed by which the Bureau of Entomology, the 
University of Minnesota, and the Lake States Forest Experiment Station will work 
together in more extensive investigations of forest insects in the Lake States as a 
basis for their control. The investigations shall be planned, approved, and con¬ 
ducted jointly by the three parties to the agreement. With the precedent of the 
