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fashington and gave a full report on his work, He states that, with the pros- 
t of peanuts yiclding 50 bushels to the acre, the peanut crop will site 
— than cotton, He revorted 50,000 acres planted to wheat, with a 
possible yield of from 40 to 60 bushels per acre; Soy beans do well “but heve 
a limited market « Potatoes also do well in the Laguna, The damage from the 
pink bollworm in the Laguna will necessarily always be very heavy on account 
f the long fruiting season of the cotton which runs from July until Decenbers 
; Bids have been received and contracts are now being made for the con- 
petruct ion of five fumigation houses along the Mexican border for the disin- 
fection of cars and freight entering the United States from Mexico, Four of 
these houses will be located in railroad yards; viz, a fifteen-car house at 
Laredo, Tex., an eight-car house at Eagle Pass, Tex., a six-car house at 
Brownesville, Tex, and a one=car house at El Paso, Tex. Tho fifth is a house 
for fumigating wagons and motor trucks and is to be built near the International 
oundary, about three miles from Del Rio, Tex. The plans ard specifications 
Efor these houses have been drawn for the Board by tne Architects of the Treasury 
Department. The buildings will be of brick, except the one at Del Rio, which 
will be of wood, and each house will be equipped with apparatus and plant for 
_the manufacture and distribution of Hydrocyanic acid gas. This undertaking 
‘represents the largest disinfection project which has ever been undertaken in 
this country, and protably the largest in the worid, These houses, together 
with the plants for generating gas, will cost approximately $50,000, A charge 
— will be made for fumigation to cover the actual cost for materials and labor, 
_ ‘The supervision of this work is under the charge of R, Kent Beattie. 
¥ The Board has recently had a visit from Mr. H, Ballou, who has just 
i returned from some sixteen months study of the pink poliworm in Egypt for the 
Egyptian Government. His experience in Egypt has deveioped a lot of inter= 
esting facts which will be of service to the pink bollworm work in this country, 
and an effort will be made to secure his release from his duty fin the Barbados 
for a period of six weeks or two months so that he can make an examination of 
4 the pink bollworm in Texas and Mexico for this Department, and be able to give 
: us such advice as is possible as a resuit of his experience in Egypt. 
Dr, Norman Perrine has been appointed an Inspector of the Federal Hor- 
ticultural Board, and is stationed in Washington, Mr, Perrine is a chemist by 
training and will assist in the jaspection of piants and seed for propagation 
_ imported by this Department and Will -be charged, particularly, in connect ion 
_ with this inspection, with the research work on tae technical requirements of 
disinfection with hydrocyaniceacid gas or other insecticides, 
FOREST ENTOMOLOGY, 
A. D. Hopkins, Forest Entomologist. 
Kanawha Station, West Vir- 
Mr, S. A, Rohwer is spending several days at 
ticularly gall making species, 
- ginia in the field study of Ferest Hymenoptera, par 
; Mr. C, T, Greene was detailed for about two waeks to the New England 
| Field Station at Lyme, Conn., for investigation of Forest Diptera, He is also 
to visit the Cambridge Museum of Natural History to examine types of Forest 
Diptera, 
ted late last month for a tour of the country of 
the follewing points: Investigation of root 
Station, West Virginia and throughout that 
Mr, F. C. Craighead star 
about two months’ duration to cover 
borers affecting oak trees at Kanawha 
