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we a is being made On “the citrus fruit extension work in lower. 
fornia jereatinterest being shown in the work in the control of citrus, mealy- 
. Qnevofeths most important factors in this work is the control of the Argentine — 
i» The ants serve aS nurses and distributors of the mealybugs. The citrus work 
Florida ds iow well established. © © | | ns gy Ant. 
B, the thermograp® me bEPaRs +0 , 
pee far. Th Seys &*" “TRUCK CROP INSECT. INVESTIGATIONS 
ae emidie hae seareoH) Chittenden, Entomologist in Charge. 
was seem to have Hohe se ni img, Gmiy % at 
dije Mé MsoHigh, who has been engaged temporarily on an investigation, of. the pink 
Jlwormin the vicinity of!Heartie, Texas, is spending.a vacation at his home in 
ekyilleyiMiss ¢°Owehis réturn he will resume work on the. investigation.of the 
statocweevil in’thé néighborhodd 6f Kingsville, Texas. = 
oH. K. Laramore is engaged in emergency work in Texas, also working on the 
sop pMarion<R, ‘Smith is at present stationed at Washington, D.C.» He ds working 
2 ants geparticularly ‘suchas are injurious to truck crops in.the field and in 
«Ey G. Smyth, who has been employed as Entomologist of the Island of Porto 
0, has accepted a position with the Bureau of Entomology for work in 
he state of Texas, He will be in Washington Monday for conference with Bureau 
fficials before proceeding south. © sre | eee 
" K, L. Cockerham, who has been engaged as Field Assistant at the truck crop 
nsect station at Muscatine, Ia., has been transferred to extension work with head- 
bers at Agricultural College, Miss. It is expected in addition to extention 
ork in that State that Mr. Cockerman will assist in a survey of the sweet-potato 
jeevil in its possible occurrence in the southwestern counties of the State. 
Gerson Garb, who was appointed as an Extension Entomologist and stationed at 
la, Long Island, N. Y., in food production work has resigned. 
Harry M. Gillert, who has been working as Extension Entomologist, during the 
h in South Carolina, will work during the next month in North Carolina, with 
eadquarters at Raleigh. 
EB. P. Barrios, who was appointed Extension Entomologist, is working in 
Louisana with headquarters, at present, in New Orleans, La. 
A, A. Brock, Commissioner of Horticulture, Santa Paula, Calif., has been 
appointed as Collaborator. 


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CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
W. R. Walton, Entomologist in Charge. 
U. S$. Entomological Laboratory. 
Tempe, Arizona. 
October 19, 1917. 
Arizona, the first of this week, grasshoppers 
During the trip to Buckeye, 
est next year. Control 
were observed in sufficient numbers to become a serious p 
