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G. D, Smith was in Washington from January 21 to 26. He returned to 
Madison, Florida, January 31, 
F. 8. Chamberlin spent the first fifteen days of January at his home 
mingham, Mass., but has returned to Clarksville, Tenn, 
D. L. Van Dine has been commissioned first lieutenant in the Sanitary 
Corps of the War Department. 
T, C, Barber has been transferred from the Federal Horticultural Board 
to the Bureau to work on sugar-cane insects with headquarters at Audubon Park, 
New Orleans, La, 
P| U. C. Loftin has been transferred from the Bureau to the Federal Horticul- 
tural Board for work on the pink bollworm in Texas and Mexico. He was in Wash- 
ington from January 2 to 15. 
DECIDUOUS FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
A. L. Quaintance, Entomologist in Eokegst 
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Joseph D. Smith, formerly employed under the direction of Dr. W. D, Hunter 
and the Georgia State Board of Entomology, has been transferred to this office 
- will be engaged in insecticide studies, with headquarters at Washington, D. C, 
. H. K. Plank, who made a trip of inspection of the cranberry bogs of Oregon 
and Washington in company Dr. A. L. Melander, of the Washington Agricultural Col- 
lege and E. J. Newcomer, of this office, is now in Washington preparing reports 
“on his field investigations, 
B. A. Porter, who was temporarily transferred to the Federal Horticultural 
Tverd in connection with pink bollworm work, has been reinstated in this office 
and is now in Washington preparing notes, etc., in connection with his investi- 
gations of parasites of deciduous fruit insects, 
L A. J. Flebut, who has been in charge of the Bureau's work on chestnut 
weevils, with headquarters at Paxinos Pa,, has been granted an indefinite fur- 
lough for the purpose of entering the Officers Training Camp at Camp Upton, N. Y. 
John B, Gill, who has been temporarily in Washington preparing reports in 
paid with pecan insect investigations, has returned to his headquarters at 
nticello, Fla. 
H. G, Ingerson, who has been temporarily in Washington preparing reports 
a the results of his investigations of the grape berry moth in the Ohio grape 
belt, has now returned to his headquarters at Sandusky, Ohio. 
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' FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD 
C. L. Marlatt, Chairman. 
4 The proposed sweet potato and yam quarantine as to foreign countries, re- 
ferred to in the November number of this publication, was approved and promul- 
ated by the Secretary of Agriculture December 18, 1917, effective January 1, 
iste, and is therefore now in force. It prohibits the importation for any pur- 
“pose of any variety of sweet potato or yams (Impomoea batatas and Dioscorea 
spp. ) from all foreign countries and localities. This quarantine, however, does 
not apply to the territories of Hawaii and Porto Rico. Covering these two terri- 
tories a domestic quarantine has been issued of the same date, effective January 
1, forbidding the movement of sweet potatoes or yams of any variety from these 
Territories into or through any other Territory, State, or District of the United 
States. 
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