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The party then proceeded along the South Shore where areas badly é@ef olia- 
d by the gipsy moth could be seen easily. 
TRUCK CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
F, H, Chittenden, Entomologist in Charge, 
A, P, Swallow, who has been engaged for several years in demonstration 
ork on truck crop insects, has been appointed special field agent in extension 
mbomology, for service in Grenas. with headquarters at College Station, Tex 
; M, V, Reed, Assistant State Entomologist of Georgia, ‘has been appointed 
Beliaborator, for service in sweet-potato weevil investigations. 
SEP Marsh, formerly in charge of a field station at Rocky Ford, Colo,, 
resigned from active work and has been appointed collaborator, with head- 
mers at Chester, N,J. 
| Miss Mabel S, Stehle, of the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, has 
been appointed scientific assistant for service in Washington, D. ©. 
H, E, Loomis, Assistant entomological inspector, who has been connected 
fith work on the sweet-potato weevil at Macelenny , Fla,, has resigned to enter 
the Navy. 
{ Arthur H, Jarrell, assistant entomological inspector, also has entered 
the Navy. 
O. K, Courtney has been engaged during the month in extension work in 
Maryland furnishing instructions to the growers of potatoes and tomatoes for the 
control of the potato aphis (Macrosiphum solanifolii Ashm, ) 
Thos. H, Jones has returned from a trip ip through the Gulf region from 
Louisiana to Florida where he has been engaged in investigating insects injuri- 
OUs to truck crops. 
John E, Graf is ere ee an outbreak of the semi-tropical armyworm 
rodenia eridenia Cram,) on the east coast of Florida, In this work he is co- 
erating with Prof, Wilmon Newell, Commissioner, State Plant Board, This out- 
reak is unprecedented and is engaging the services of all of the experts who 
Can be obtained for the purpose, 
K, L, Cockerham investigated an outbreak of the grass-worm or fall army- 
Worm (Laphygma frugiperda S. & A.) in Alabama, 
CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
W. R, Walton, Entomologist in Charge. 
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Marshal Hertig, of the extensional force working 1m Minnesota, has re 
signed from the service to enter the army, effective July 24. 
A. H, Sherwood, who was conducting a very successful campaign against 
grasshoppers in South Dakota, has enlisted in the army and left the service 
July 10, , aay 
H. L. Seamans, who was conducting grasshopper demonstration work in 
,; ’ ; a 4 aes ee 
mtana, has enlisted in the army, and will leave the service about the first 
August. 
c, K, Fisher, recently engaged in extensional work in Colorado, has re- 
signed from the service to enter the army, effective July 23. 
J. 3, Stanford, formerly attached to the alfalfa-weevil investigations 
has been Eeiied for military duty, and resigned from the service on July 13. 
