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Appam's cargo. As soon as the existence of this seed was known, immediate steps 
9 taken to safeguard the situation by the destruction of the seed, The distribu- 
. of the seed as a result cf the sale was stopped by telegraph, and Messrs. Mar- 
d Hunter of the Board, accompanied by two cotton experts from the Office of 
-and Rural Organization of the Department, Messrs. Poe and Barghausen, to- 
th r with Mr. Morrison, an inspector of the Board, proceeded immediately to Newport 
ws to take charge of the situation. After strenuous work of a couple of days, 
h occupied the attention of all five persons named, covering negotiations with 
ond, Norfolk, Newport News and Portsmouth, arrangements were made for the con- 
Psion of this entire lot of cotton seed into fertilizer in the plant of the Vir- 
ai -Carolina Chemical Company at Portsmcuth. The dock on which the seed had been 
. ded with a vast quantity of other cargoes from the ship has been thoroughly 
saned up, and the ship itself will be given cyanide fumigation. 
An examination of this seed showed an infestation of one or two per cent with the 
nk : bollworm. Most of the infested seeds, however, had been abandoned by the in- 
ct, which may or may not have a sinister interpretation. Living larvae of the pink 
lyorm were also found. It is to be hoped that the insects which have escaped 
ae 3K perished in the long trip from Africa or perished during the winter in the 
er broad waters of the mouth of the James River and Hampton Roads. Fortunately, 
a is no cotton grown immediately in the vicinity of the ship, although within 
nm or fifteen miles there is considerable cotton. This importation was, naturally, 
unexpected and presented a degree of dahger which no other importation of cotton 
brought to this country. The situation was also very much complicated by legal 
mplexities bearing on ownership, involving negotiations with tne Federal Courts at 
Chmond and with the legal advisors of the rival claimants at Norfolk. It is pleas-. 
a report that all of the various interests, including also the Virginia-Carolina 
vical Company which undertook its share of the work entirely for the public good, 
sod in the heartiest cooperation in the effort to have the seed promptly destroyed 
a thus safeguard from further risk. A thorough inspection will be made of all 
ton growing in that part of Virginia next summer as an additional precaution. The 
sfer of this cotton from the dock where it was lying to the. fertilizer company 
‘econplished in one afternoon by lighterage by the active aid of some eighty 
rs who were drafted for the purpose. 
TRUCK CROP AND STORED PRODUCT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
FF. H. Chittenden, In Charge. 
A new and important project for the coming year will be an investigation in co- 
Sration with the Bureau of Plant Industry of insects as carriers of mosaic and 
diseases of cucumbers and other cucurbits with special reference to the pickle 
lustry of the States of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana. The principal insects 
as act as disseminators of these diseases are the striped and twelve-spotted cu- 
er beetles and the tarnished plant-bug, while other insects are under suspicion. 
oN, i. Howard, who was engaged during the past summer in work on the root-maggcots 
d other insects “injurious +o onion and cruciferous crops at Green Bay, Wis., and 
10 has been studying for a Master's and Doctor's degree at the Ohio State University, 
s been engaged to continue the work begun at that station, and also to investigate 
ts as carriers of pickle diseases. 
