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BEE CULTURE 
nF. Phillips, Apiculturist in Charge 
E Fr Phillips and Geo, Sy Demuth of the Washington office and ‘Geo. H,- 
Rea,. Special field « agent, assisved in giving a Short extension course for oo 
mercial beckeepers at Ithaca, N. es during the week. of February 24, There 
were 145 beekeepers in attendance, Of these, 92 reported ow ming 10, 219 : 
colonies which in 1918 produced. about 22 cars of. honey. Some of the largest 
producers. there did not report-and it is safe to estimate that the crop of the 
entire school was over 30 cars of honey, Simtiee extension schools are being: 
arranged as follows: la ype Ing., during the week of April 7; Ames, Towa, 
during the week of April 14: and University Farm, St. Paul, Minn, during the 
week of April. 21. At Eheeins Schools Messrs, Phillips and Demuth will be as- 
sisted by &. G, Baldwin at La Fayette, E,W, Atkins at Ames, and H, Ls McMurry. - 
Cae Sts Paul. In addition to the help of these special field agents of the: 
Bureau, help will be given by the teachers. of beekeeping and the apiary in- 
spectors of the. re States. Arrangements are being made for five weeks of 
this short. extension course work in California, ‘Three weeks of these courses 
were given in.California lest fall and: the demand for more work: of the kind 
has been so great that the Extension Division of California has asked for two 
additional weeks another year. The average attonéanoe in California was over 100. 
J, V. Ormond spent the month of March in extension work in Missouri 
and will be in Nebraska in April, — 
If funds are available for the continuance of tne: extension work in bee- 
‘keeping during the next fiscal year, arrangenents will be made so that all the 
field:-men will work in but one State. In the beginning of the work, each man 
was assigned to three or four States, but as the work has becone. known the various 
extension divisions have offered to cooperate by paying half of the expense in 
order that the men might spend all their tine in one State...This plan has 
proved much better and after. July 1 all the men will be so placed. 
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TRUCK CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
F, H. Chittenden, Entomologist in Charge 
About 270 farms in the Baker-Charlton area in Florida are known to be 
infested with the sweet~potato weevil, Effort is being made through the co- 
operation of the Florida Plant Board to induce sweet-potato growers in that 
area to plant from weevil-free stock. To accomplish this the growers were 
urged to dispose safely of all propagation material, as well as infested food 
Sweet potatoes on hand, and a contract has been aranged with the Florida 
Plant Board in cooperation with the Bureau of Entomology to furnish weevil~free 
draws in such quantity and variety as may be requested by the grower, and at 
such time as the grower desires to plant. One bushel of potatoes per thousand 
draws required, embracing about ten varieties, has been bedded at Gainesville 
by the Florida State Plant Board. This means that about 1,000 bushels of 
Sweet potatoes have been bedded down, as about 1,000,000 draws will be required, 
exclusive of orders for replanting stock, These draws will be sent from 
Gainesville to La Buena by express, and taken from the latter place to Macclenny 
by auto truck, making it possible to order draws in the morning and have them 
delivered in Macclenny the same night. Delivery of draws, according to the con- 
