of He 
Lege) Mee eat taltdon, 2 graduate of tho Vassachusetts Agricultural Col~ 
ian fly investi ed nved scientific assistant and detailed to the Hess- 
Beehted for ‘ee idity Reed J.R, SOs at Wichita, Kans, Mr. Walkden 
Kenneth M, King; a ecraduate of the Montana Agricultural C a, he 
appointed scientific assistant and detailed to the ete 
i0ns under WJ, Phillips at Charlottesville Va., Mr. King reported 
or duty about Arril 22, / 3 TRIP les 3 
oe ty Lane recently left Forest Grove, Oreg., for Ritzville, Wash., 
| re he will be stationed during the summer in charge of the wheat wire- 
worm investigatiéns which are being conducted in cooperatioh with the 
Washington State Agricultural College, Mr. Lane expects to work in co- 
operation with the State men at the Lind E’periment Statden, 
4 ees Carters ahi formerly employed at. Knoxville, Tenn,, under George 
cuba le, has been transferred’ to the West Lafayette, Ind., staff under 
oS Larrimer. For the rresent he will be in charge of the Hessian fly 
sagtisent pte at Conbelia, 11, ie, Eortwightt teaser tock of 
Charles H, Gable, formerly located at Tempe , Ariz,, under V.L, Wil- 
dermuth, is proceeding to San Antonio, Texas, where he will begin an in- 
vestigation of the sorghum midge, an insect of primary importance in wes~ 
tern Texas, Mr. Gable's formal trans*er will occur abéut May 1, 
B.G. Thompson, foruérly located at Forest Grove, Oreg,, renorted 
for duty at Sacranento, Cal., January 11, 1920, : 
Ralph A, Blanchard has been aprointed as field assistant in insect 
_ control and transferred temporarily to the Hessian fly investigations 
‘at West Lafayette, Ind. Mr, Blanchard expects to return to Webster Groves, 
Mo., in order to complete his education later in the year, 
H.N. Bartley, E.G. Brewer, J.W, Enwright, and 1,R, Richardson have 
been appointed as field assistants in insect control under L.H. Worthley, 
and entered on their new appointnent Apecicle 
Saul Phillips and Claude E, Towle have been appointed field super- 
intendents in insect control under L.H, Worthley, Both Mr. Phillips and 
Mr. Towle have had many years' experience in the gipsy moth and other 
control work, and are assistdng Mr. Worthley in general supervision of 
the corn borer control activities, 
L.B, Sanderson, Dexter H. Craig, and E.M, Searls have been appoint~ 
ed as field assistants in insect control. Messrs, Craig and Sanderson 
have been assigned to the European corn borer work under D,J, Caffrey at 
Arlington, Mass., and Mr, Searls has been detailed to the wotk under O.n 
Turner at Schenectady, N. Y. 
Some twenty-four boxes of parasitéc material for use in the corn 
borer investigations arrived at the port of New York during the week of 
April 4, This material was shipped from Bordeaux, France, by W.R. Thomp~ 
son, who is in charge of a laboratory which has been established at 
Auch, Gers, France, for the purpose of studying and collecting the Euro- 
pean parasites of Pyrausta nubilalis, This material was immediately 
trans-shipped to Boston in charge of Harry L. Parker, and the primary 
parasites emerging from it very probably will be liberated in suitable 
areas in eastern Massachusetts during the next few weeks, 
