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under the direction of B®. S, “oglum. The port quarantine work at San Fran-— 
cisco which is heine carried on in cooreration with the State of California ~ 
was given a dav's insrection, and subsequent consultations were rade over 
the coonerative features of this work at Sacrarento with Cormissioner Hacre 
end his essistants. Fredcorich Maskew, who for many vears has been the head 
of the plant quarantine service of the State Derartment of Apriculture of 
California, and a collaborator of this Department for the enforcement of 
Federal quarantines at San Francisco and elsewhere in the State, has resicn=— 
ed, and his nlace has heen filled tr LL. A, Strong, one of his principal as= ~ 
sistants, “ho will continue tn the coprerative work of this Department, Mr, 
Masvem's exsariencs in portcaquarantine work placedshinr aastiytat the head 
@° the axrarts of this countrv in such service, and it is hoped that after 
he has had the reasonable vacation to which his lone service has fully en- 
titled hir, he can he reinstated in a cooperative canacity at least im the 
Quarantine service of this Derartment. His wort end that of the men whom he 
has trained has hean of enormous hene*it to tne State of Californis ond. this 
country in the exclusion of important plant rests, 

FORT ST INSECT INVPSTICATIONS 
A, TI. Honkins, Forest ne ead in Charge 
Dr, ¥F, €. Craighead went, to Medison, Wis,, the latter part of October 
to arranes for sore coonerative wor’ in’ the control of insects ‘injurious 
to forrst rroducts with the Forest Products Leroratory o* the Forest Service, 
S, A, Rohwer left on Noverher 17 for Harris>ur# and Philadelphia, Pa., 
to do some svstematic work in the musevms located in these cities and to 
comrare types, 
ero On | November 15 Dr, A. D. Hopkins and M. A. Murray returned to Washing ton — 
rom their ternoraty field station located at Yanawha Station ("anawha Farlis) 
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CTREAT, AND FORACH INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
Ww, R. Waltoh, Entomolorist in phere, 
Page nroof was recentlv read for a Farmers! Bulletin entitled "Spraving 
for the Alfalfa Weevil, by George I, Reeves and staff, which will be pub- 
lished ag EFarrers? Bulletin 1185 in Sia near future. This publication rer- 
resents a rortion of the results of seven vears'! work hy Mr. Reeves and his 
staff in connection with this cose 
™. R. Thormson who is engaged in collecting the insect parasites of the 
Yuroneaa corn horer in soutnern Yurope, reports encouraging progress in 
this work, and has already shirred a considerable amount of parasitic a Ae 
ial to America during the vast month, several hundred cocoons of an important. 
hvymenorterous narasite having alrradv arrived at Boston in exvellent condi-, 
tion. All possible precautions are boing taken to secure only prirary para 
Sites and to prevent the introduction therewith of either injurious ins2cts > 
