
-181 MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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THE LAST CHANCE 
FOR PATRIOTISM TO PUT MONEY INTO ITS OWN POCKET coe 7 an - 
HELP YOUR GOVERNMENT - AND MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT 
BUY PHACE--WITH-VICTORY BONDS! 
CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
. W. R, Walton, Entomologist in Charge 
The European corn-borer work has been reorganized under this branch of the 
_ Bureau with separate headquarters for the investigational and control activi- 
ties. Investigational headquarters are located at No. 10 Court St., Arling- 
_ ton, Mass., and this work is now in full swing. The personnel at present is 
as follows: D. J. Caffrey, assistant in charge; H. E. Smith, entomological 
assistant; R. H, Van Zwaluwenburg, scientific assistant; G. B. Fisher, scienti- 
fic assistant; W. B. Turner, scientific assistants; C. W. Curtin, scientific 
assistant; J. H. Moore, field assistant; F. L. Pendergast, stenographic clerk; 
@. F. Greene, laborer. 
L. H. Worthley, formerly engaged under A. F. Burgess as agent in preventing 
spread of moths, has been placed in charge of the control work, with head- 
quarters at 43 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. This phase of the work for the 
‘present will be carried on mainly under a fund especially appropriated by 
the State of Massachusetts in cooperation with the State Department of Agri- 
Culture. Saul Phillips has been appointed as assistant under Mr. Worthley 
for the field work, and entered upon his new duties on April 15. Mr. Phillips 
has had fifteen years of experience in insect control work in eastern Massa- 
chusetts, including gipsy and brown-tail moth work, and also considerable exper- 
dence in mosquito control on the North Shore. He is, therefore, well equipped 
to handle the work which has been entrusted to his care. 
A force of 400 men was put to work cleaning up in the infested area on 
April 15, when the special State appropriation of $30,000 became available. It 
is expected that this work subsequently will be provided for by the Federal 
Government, if Congress agrees to allow a suitable appropriation for the work. 
Several methods of attacking the insect have been proposed, and arse now 
being given a thorough trial. In view of the short period of time available 
before the moths emerge from their winter quarters, it probably will not be 
‘possible to treat effectively the entire infested area this spring. 
Farmers' Bulletin 1046, issued April 26, deals with the Huropean corn borer. 
@. K. Fisher, who has recently returned from the military service, and who 
was formerly attached to the Wellington, Kans., field station, has been rein- 
stated in the entomological service, effective April 28, and has been assigned 
+o the Wichita, Kans., field station for duty. 
J. S. Stanford, recently employed in the alfalfa weevil investigation under 
Geo. 1. Reeves, resigned from the service, effective April 12, 
W. B. Cartwright, formerly attached to the Knoxville, Tenn., field station, 
has been released from the military service and reassigned to the Knoxville 
station under G. G. Ainslie. He returned to duty April 16. 
