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Peations on the fertilizing value of the manure. The report will be 
fehed as a contribution from the Bureau of Entomology. 
» Since the promulgation of the quarantine against foreign cotton 
yon account of the danger of introduction of Gelechia gossypiella, 
Other pests, it has been found that a small amount of seed comes to 
3 country in baled cotton lint from Egypt. J. L. Webb investigated this 
per in New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts. It was found that 
amount of seed brought in in the way described is small, but one live 
S boll worm was discovered. fhe danger from this source is clear from 
fact that considerable quantities of Egyptian cotton are shipped to 
@outhern mills which, in many cases, are adjacent to cotton fields. 
J. L. Webb will leave Washington at the end of the month to conduct 
Sriments with the tobacco bud worm at Quincy, Florida, 
| A report on two seasons' work in connection with insects as 
Sible agents in the transmission of peilagra by Mr. A. H. Jennings will 
published in "Parasitology", a new journal about to be started under 
@ditorship of Dr. H. B. Ward of the University of Illinois. 
D, TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
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C. L. Marlatt, in charge. 
Mr. Marlatt has recently returned from a ten days' trip through 
rida partiy for purposes of consultation over white-fly work being 
ducted by Mr. W. W. Yothers at the headquarters at Orlando. Particular 
festigation was also made of the citrus region in the central part of 
, State, including Orlando, and of the peninsular district, including 
. Petersburg ani the grapefruit and other subtropical cultures in the 
Mi region. Brief examination was made also of the lime cultures on the 
rida keys. | 
} Mr. R. S. Woglum has returned to Wnittier, Cal., to continue his 
*k With nydrocyanic-acid gas and the special citrus insects of that 
Bion. Mr. Arthur D. Borden, a graduate of Leland Stanford Junior Univer: 
Ly, and higuly recommended by Professor Kellogg, has been employed and 
Signed to Mr. Woglum as a field assistant. | : 
- Mr. J. R. Horton, who has fur the last year been working in the 
bras groves south of New Orleans, more particularly on the subject of 3 
6 Argentine ant, has submitted a very thoroughgoing outline for the work | 
this year. The work already done vy Mr. Horton gives great promise of 
thoroughly practical outcome of this piece of research. 
; Mr. J. D. Neuls is elaborating the life history and means of Gon- 
dW of the two important scale insects affecting the date palm, namely, 
Platoria bvianchardi and Puoenicococcus marlatti. Mr. A. J. Shamblin, 4 
“y expert date scale inspector and an experienced scale exterminator hy 
= new torch method, will be temporarily assigned to Mecca to work 1a 
operation with Mr. Neuls and Mr. Drumwond, the Piant Bureau agent ta 
arge of date work, Mr. Shamblin is under commission frou the Feoasral 
PLicultural Board in connection with the date quarantine. 
g Dr. BH. A. Back has returncd to Honolulu, where he Will Golubluue 
B biclogical and control studies of tie Mediterranean fruit fly, assiste 
hMr. C. B. Pemberton. A joint paper prepared by these ageuts will 
jortly be available.on the spevial subject of tne relation uf all varic- 
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