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STORED PRODUCT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS rt “4. - 
R. L. Clute, a graduate of the Michigan Agricultural University has — 
been appointed Special Field Agent with headquarters at Gainesville, Fla... 
$. E. McClendon who has recently been County Agent at Hawkinsville, Gae, 
has been appointed Special Field Agent with headquarters at Athens, Ga. 
TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS — > > 
C. L. Marlatt, Entomologist in Charge. 
R. 8S. Woglum who has been in Washington working on his reports has re- 
turned to California. En route he will stop for a day or two in New Orleans 
to consult with Ernest R. Barber on the subject of the control of the Argenti: 
ant. | om 
| Rollin LaFolletts who was announced in the last Letter as having been 
commissioned to assist Mr. Woglum in the extension work in relation to the 
citrus insects in California has on account of more favorable opportunities 
declined this commission. wai 
TRUCK CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS + oa 
F. H. Chittenden, Entomologist in Charge. 
B. L. Boyden, Scientific Assistant, formerly with this branch of the 
Bureau, recently resigned, has been reappointed for .extension work in Ventura 
County, Cal., with headquarters at Oxnard. i 
K. L. Cockerham, Special Field Agent, Extension Service,. has recently 
reported the occurance of the sweet-potato weevil in Mobile County, Ala. The 
nearest point in Mississippi is Pascagoula, in Jackson County. It seems pro= 
bable this entire region is more thickly infested than formally believed. 
Felix Dabadie, a resident of Louisiana, has been appointed Special Fie! 
Agent, Extension Service, in that State. 
Miss M, A, Connell, of California, has been appointed Scientific Assist 
ant and assigned to: duty in Washington. 
L. B. Codding, of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., has been secured for we Extensio 
Service duties in the three States, Massachussetts, Connecticut, and Rhode 
Island. de 
EXTENSION ENTOMOLOGY. 
J. A. Hyslop, Entomologist in Extension work. 
During the months of January and February the following changes in per 
sonnel of the Extension Division have taken place? ; by aa / 
Forest N, Anderson, Coffeyville, Kans., has been felis olny to cance on 
extension work in the control of truck: insects in Texas. 
E. Phillip Barrios, who has been carrying on very sicoeeet ils  coaceaa 
tion work in the control of truck, insects-in Louisiana, has resigned to take u 
county agent work in the same region. 


