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‘FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD, 
ork Marlatt, -Chairman, i 
The pink bollworm has appeared at’ one or two points on the Great Bend of 
the Rio Grande between Candelaria and Boquillas within an area of about 150 
miles and also at Barstow, Tex,, in the Pecos Valley. The infestation in the 
Great bend was evidently from seed or seed Cotton smuggled across the Rio Grande 
from the Mexican side of the river, the liexican fields evidently having been 
planted from seed obtained from. the Laguna or other infested point in liexico. 
The infestation at’ Barstow is due’ apparently to seed cotton sent from the Great 
Zend to this point for shipping, A large force of Board inspectors is in 
charge of these two areas of ‘infestztion and the’ same radical cleanup steps are 
_being taken there as-have been taken hitherto at the points of infestation in 
eastern Texas, ~- 3; . yi NaS NTA Re Tae sa 
‘The work of clean-up in eastern Texas’ is now practically completed, - Tie 
_feveloped no infestation whatever in volunteer cotton or in fields illegally 
plante? in the quarantine areas, nor has any infestation by the pink bollworm 
been found in the United States this yeir other than at the new points mentioned 
“in western' Texas,’ - AE: es bis 
In connection with the scouting and other survey work in Texas the aeroplane 
hel oan tea Agta ee its first practical application in Agriculture, A try- 
ed Peoiieaacis 3 raat ts work was'mace last year Along the Trinity River 
Which: had es sa alets rE of Several* out law cotton fields in heavy timber 
Eh. renulbcoteane pelea eae detection, This particular“work was commenced as 
Lees 3 eeiniegk of Second Lieutenant Harold Compere, son of the entomo= 
pote ts @xPlorer George Compere of’ California and’ since Lieutenant Compere's 
Cischarge from the Army is being conti gag ak , obra nas Fe 
RPK hs ee ee g con inuec uncer Second Lieutanant Villiam re 
two flightS were! made by fe ceneeeanel are being made by H.S, Hensley‘ and one or 
Btn oe eit on sacle ie The'Weroplane does wonderfully: well AS 
uae etcunrenvives ng els , enabling the easy mapoing by means of photographs 
Perest adersas fae tie ind enormously fucilitating the inspection work in 
Pnekein Grarc a res ses ath an Such long stretches of country as the valley of 
ributaries, 
if, Buseck has compl 
npleted his surveys anc has C ashi “ 
Loftin and NeKinney ha r tor @ fev weeks to work witha 
and about he ‘4 via 
eee el of February will resume work at the station at Lerdo in the 
Det. Rowers pe esence WsK, Hanson has been in charge of the station. 
auhinyareeae Nae eaiai k. a report on his trip last fall to Michigan, Wis- 
oe. at Kea eee Coast for the purpose of examining cranberry bogs which 
whether any aati © of cranberry vines from New England points, to determine 
of the presence of the gipsy moth in 
Se ae : any of these bogs was ° 1 - 
nection; Mr, Sasscer ds y e bogs was founc, In this con 
determine. Gay ae BU ar eee tests, in cooperation with Mr, Burgess, to 
strength of Cumieesine ance of cranberry vines to intensive fumigation and the 
The possibility of ‘sadtoe a eee OY the eggs of the gipey mons 
ty atten miadts nie cars,’ used for hauling vegetables, fruit, and» 
“emphysized by pier eing the means of distributing noxious insects has been 
ci Eth ase Waitin Gein to the Board, The most striking of theee is 
1918, at ticnéugal coun ee Fee Malia ngaitis finding by an inspector, October ‘11, 
SR iy Pen has EO of active Colorado beetles in connection 
the potato bectle ea i acre Icaho. These potatoes came from a region where 
Phahot hin aa eS x meer ee exist, and an investigation discloses the fact 
oa earegttE oe one with potatoes in August in Colorado, delivered the 
ea Wyo on mare ts theri Went as“an empty to Kansas City, thence to 
SRST aS ‘Seitacatat vamately to Idaho Falls, where it was loaded and sent to 
Beres, The potato beetles, evidently in nunbers, remained during this 
LO ape tame One eo ey en 
ve returned to Texas for a few weeks to work with Dr, Hunter 
“moth infestations had resulted from such shipments, No evidence 
