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ong the most conspicuous injuries occurring within the past few weeks is that 
ipema nitela. A week ago it was found at Sheldon, I1l., damaging oats, 
ora and white sweet clover, At Winamac, Ind., it destroyed 10 per cent of 
L of rye. It seems prevalent in Indiana and Tllinois. 
the present date no white grub or wireworm injuries have been reported which | 
@ expected from the weather conditions the past month. 
vae of Noctua ¢c~-nigrum damaged corn in northern Indiana in early June. 
arvas of Huxoa spp. have damaged various crops, especially corn, in parts of 
6rritory but have been conspicuous in the sandy regions at Napoleon and McClure, 
Lo, Battle Creek, Mich., etc. 
_ Sphenophorus spp. have caused damage to corn at Gaston, Ind., and in several 
lities in Ohio. Cutworms reported as injuring corn at Farmington, Michigan, 
d to be webworms, although at the time of our visit most of the webworms had 
Sappeared. | 
_ May beetles (Lachnosterna spp.) have been abundant and defoliated trees at 
ipoleon and Swanton, Ohio; Farmington, Battle Creek and East Leroy, Mich.; and 
lealdon and Milford, Ill. (J. J.D . 
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‘ae DECIDUOUS-FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
ai. A. L. Quaintance, In Charge. 
E. R. Selkregg, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, has been appointed 
0 assist H. G. Ingerson at Sandusky, Ohio, in grape berry-moth investigations. 
a James K. Primm, of the University of Illinois, has been appointed to assist 
_ Iisely at North Hast, Pa., in grape-insect investigations. 
bs F.-. Brooks, engaged in fruit-tree borer lavestigations, with headquarters at 
rench Creek, W. Va., spent some time visiting apple orchards in the Northern States, 
aking observations on fruit-tree borers. 
a Dr. A. L. Quaintance visited laboratories of the Bureau at Monticello and | 
Flands, Fla., as well as other points in Florida and Georgia, making observations 
n deciduous fruit insects. 
FEDERAL, HORTICULTURAL BOARD. 
\ C. L. Marlatt, Chairman. 
(In Cooperation with the Bureau of Eu tomology. ) 
' The Clark Thread Company of Newark, N. J., has recently completed a fumigation 
Want for the disinfection of cotton. This plant is operating satisfactorily and is 
apable of disinfecting sighty Egyptian bales at each exposure. 
_ The Vacuum Company of Boston is installing a fumigation plant at the Bush Term- 
mal Company in Brooklyn, N. Y. It is said that this plant will be completed on 
une 26. Mr. H. H. Willis, who has been formerly located in Boston, has been trans- 
arred to New York to supervise the fumigation work conducted at the plant in Brook- | 
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a R. I. Smith, who is in charge of the Federal Horticultural Board's office in 
Mston, reports that since March 10, 1916, something over 65,000,000 pounds of cotton 
ave been disinfected by the two fumigation companies in that city. 
» An informal conference will be held by the Federal Horticultural Board in 
Ashington on June 29 with importers and dealers in burlap or other fabric covered 
y Amendment No. 5 to the Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation of cotton 
ato the United States, 
_ 4H. L. Sanford recently collected what appears to be a new and undescribed 
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