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STUART C, VINAL. 
Stuart C, Vinal, a collaborator of the branch of Cereal and Forage Insect 
Investigations of the Bureau, who died on September 26 at Boston, Mass,, was con= 
ducting the biological and ecological studies on the European corn borer for the 
Massachusetts Agricultural Coliege, in cooperation with this bureau, It was he 
who discovered the presence of this pest last summer, and by his indefatigable 
efforts a very complete knowledge of the seasonal history of the insect has been 
acquired, These data will be published so soon as they cen be prepared for the 
purpose, During the summer of 1914, before he finished his school work, Mr, Vinal 
was attached to the Charlottesville field laboratory of the Bureau as Field Assist 
ant, and even at that time showed marked talents for investigational work which 
his studies on the corn borer have since demonstrated conclusively, He was a con= 
scientious and thorough worker whose modesty and manly qualities endeared him to 
those of his associates who knew him best,--W. R, W,. 

LIBRARY. 
Mabel Colcord, Librarian, 
New Books, 
Watts, Francis, Report.on the Agricultural Department, St, Lucia, 1917-1918, 
Barbados, 1918,. 49 p, _ 4to, 
Willcocks, F, C, The insect and related pests of Egypt. v.1. The insect and re= 
lated pests injurious to the cotton plant, Part 1, The pink bollworm, ~ 
Cairo, Printing office of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, 
1916, 339 p,, 10 pl, (Hart colored), 4to, Bibliography. 
A War of Justice causes needed wouhmds, as does the surgeon's knife, 
A Peace of Justice, like antiseptic bandages, will keep out or counteract 
those malignant germs that, in the one case, infect and destroy the human body, 
and, in the other, poison and blast the goodwill of men and nations, 
eee gaye neta ers 
BEE CULTURE, 
E, F, Phillips, Apiculturist in Charge, 
J. V. Ormond, who has accepted a position for extension work in Arkansas, 
Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, has just left Washington for his new field, 
W, A, Smith has been appointed for extension work in Georgia where he, will 
begin work within a few days, 
Edward S, Prevost has been appointed for extension work in South Carolina, 
Dr, E, F, Phillips and Mr, George S. Demuth will leave for California on 
November 4, and will return on December 25. The first two weeks of their stay 
on the Pacific Coast will be spent in an investigation, with the Forest Service, 
of the beekeeping possibilities of the National Forests in southern California. 
They will then take part in extension schools for commercial beekeepers at 
san Diego, Davis, Visalia, and Riverside, as explained in the Monthly Letter 
for September, 


