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enormous damage done to the tamarack by the larch sawfly and to the spruce and fir 
by the spruce bud worm and the recent appearance of serious infestations of th« 
jack pine sawfly which threatens to wipe out forests of that species in the region, 
this start in a cooperative attack on the problems involved is most opportune. 
On account of favorable weather conditions and the fact that several of the dis¬ 
tricts which were important breeding centers in the past were found to be clear of in¬ 
festation by the brown-tail moth, the work in Nova Scotia this season has progressed 
much faster than usual. Up to February 2, only 57 nests had been found which is tl 
smallest number collected in Nova Scotia since the work was first undertaken in 190 
The majority of the nests this year were taken at Bridgetown which locality has bet i 
an important breeding center for some years. Greater efforts than ever will I 
made to clean up Bridgetown this year. The general inspection of western Char 
lotte county, N. B., for the brown-tail moth was completed on January 26 by Messrs. 
Simpson and Reed. No infestation was discovered which is the record prevailing 
since 1917-18. 
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Mr. W. A. Ross of the Vineland Station Laboratory, Entomological Branch, 
Canadian Department of Agriculture, attended the annual meetings of the New 
York State Horticultural Society which were held in Rochester on January 15, 16 
and 17. Many important and enlightening discussions took place dealing with en¬ 
tomological problems and the exhibits of spraying materials and spraying and dusting 
machinery were excellent. Mr. Ross took an active part in various disscussions 
including the grape leaf hopper problem. Under the auspices of the Welland 
Reforestation Committee a meeting was held in Welland on January 23 for the pur¬ 
pose of discussing the matter of reforesting waste lands. At this meeting Mr. Ross 
discussed his work in the Pelham district and emphasized the important association of 
the reclamation of neglected lands in the area infested by the rose chafer to the success¬ 
ful control of the pest. On January 24 and 25, Mr. Ross also attended Fruit Growers' 
meetings in Trenton and Brighton. 
Announcement has just been made of the resignation of Dr. W. E. Hinds as Ento¬ 
mologist at the Alabama Experiment Station. On April 1 he will take up similar 
work with the Louisiana Experiment Station at Baton Rouge, La. Dr. Hinds has 
been located at the Alabama Station since 1907. During that time he has made 
special study of the control of insect pests attacking stored corn. This is one of the 
most important insect pests in the South and through these studies ways were found 
for saving millions of dollars each year to the corn growing areas of the South At¬ 
lantic and Gulf Coast States. In his work with the cotton boll weevil he has been 
one of the pioneers, having been in that work since 1902. He is at present Chairman 
of the Committee on Entomology of the Cotton Production Council of the Southern 
Agricultural Workers and also a Representative of the Southern Agricultural 
Workers on the National Boll Weevil Control Association. He has been President 
of the Association of Cotton States Entomologists since its organization in 1910. 
A very successful meeting of this Association was held at Birmingham, Ala., in 
January, last. 
Mr. William D. Richardson, an amateur coleopterist of Fredericksburg, Va., 
died at the State Hospital at Marion, Va., October 31, 1923, after a long illness. 
After his return from service in France he donated most of his collection of beetles to 
