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of the ee ere on food production and food conservation and to show 
how to obtain these and other vublications of like nature suzgzested 
by the Food he format ion Committ eoen Useful to extension workers and 
. %© public libraries, 
_U. S, Geological Survey, The publications of:the U. S. Geolovical Survey (not in- 
. cludinz moter bhi maps); Washivigton, D.C., April, 1916. > 185p, 
U. S, Surgeon General's Office, Laboratory mevhods of the U.S, ‘Army, compiled by 
the -teephe of Infectious Disease and Laboratories, Philadelphia, 
. 1918. 2256p. {Medical war manual No. 6.) © 
Vedder, me i Bs sanitation for medical officers, Philadelphia, 1917. 2llp.,il. 
(Medical war manual No.1.) | 
Washburn, F, L. Injurious insects and useful birds. Philadelphia, 1918, 453p, 
(Lippincott's farm mayals.) 
Winslow, ©. BH, A.,and Lutz, Frank 2, Ins:scts and disease. New York, 1918. 73p., 
illus, (American Museum of Natural History. Guide leaflet No.48,) 
CERGAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS, 
Dr. L, 0. Howard and Mr. W. R. Walton recently visited Boston for the pur- 
pose of attending the conference on the European corn borer, which occurred at 
} the State House, Boston, Mass., on September 6. ‘about 25 persons were in at= 
tendance, including the State entomologists and chief nursery inspectors of 
; Massachusetts and contizuous States, The morning was spent in visiting a near- 
. by infested field,.and the afternoon was occupied by a-discussion of the insect 
Sue peens for its control, Dr. H, T. Fernald told of the discovery of the in- 
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Sect, and the inception of the present investigations. Stuart C, Vinal, of the 
Massachusetts State Azricultural College, outlined the results of his first 
year's biological and ecological work on the insect,: ‘D. J. Caffrey exhibited a 
map showing the local infest:tions and indicating the present geographical 
limits of the infested area, which now comprises about, 300 square miles. The 
only practicable control te! to be winter burning of infegted stalks, stubble, 
and dry vegetation. Plans were arranged for a vigorous control campaign after 
jhe closing of the present srowinz season, 
H. M. Fort, formerly Special Field Agent located in Missouri, ovored 
-the Medical Corps of the Army as medical entomoloziss on September 13, The ex- 
tensional activities of this branch of the Bureau have surrendered to the mili- 
tary and naval service ten mon during the ants five months. in ninety per cent 
of these cases it has not as yet been possible to replace then. 

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DECIDJOUS-FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
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A, L. Quaintance, Entomologist in Charze. 
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Dr. A, L. Quaintance is now on a trip to the West visiting the following 
field stations attached to this office: Cleveland, Ohio, Benton Harbor, Mich., 
Portland and Medford, Oregon, and Sacramento anc fresno, Cal. He is oxpected to 
return about October 15. nai 
We, Whitcomb, J.’ H. Boyd, and H. EB, Svaulding have resigned to enter 
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| H. B. Peirson has resigned to return to:colleze 
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