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DECIDUOUS FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
A. L. Quaintance, Entomologist in Charge. 





















John B. Gill, in charge of the Bureau work on pecan insects, with head- 
juarters at Monticell, Fla., is in Washington to prepare reports and manuscripts 
nm his work. 
E. B. Blakeslee has returned +o Washington for the preparation of notes 
and manuscripts in connection with his investigations of the peach borer. 
Wm, O, Hllis, who has been stationed at Riverton, N. J., and engaged in 
an investigation of the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, has returned to 
Washington for the preparation of reports on his work. 
W. M, Davidson has been temporarily transferred to Alhambra, Calif., from 
his permanent headquarters at Sacramento, where he will be engaged for some weeks 
in observations on various economic Coccinellids. 
W. J. Price, formerly connected with the Virginia State Crop Pest Commis-~- 
Sion, and a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, has accepted a tem- 
porary appointment as Special Field Agent under the Food Production Act, and will 
be engaged in extension work in Virginia in connection with deciduous-fruit in- 
sect control, with headquarters at Blacksburg, Va. 
; Robert M. Fulton, a graduate of the Washington State College, has been 
appointed Special Field Agent under the Food Production Act for work in decid- 
uous-fruit insect control in Washington State, with headquarters at Pullman. 
FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD 
C. L. Marlatt, Chairman. 
The pink bollworm situation in Texas remains much the same as reported 
jast month, There have been assembled, for the direction of the cleanup work 
about Trinity Bay, nearly forty men of technical training and a labor contingent 
varying from several hundred to two or three thousand. Mr. Busck has made a 
8écond trip to Texas and Mexico to see, at first hand, the actual conditions 
about Trinity Bay and particularly to investigate a large ranch in Mexico at 
Santa Monica, nearly opposite the Port of Del Rio. This ranch was known to have 
been planted with seed from the Laguna and proved, as anticipated, to be badly 
infested with the pink bollworm. In accordance with the general scheme of con- 
trol, it is anticipated that the cessation of growth of cotton in this ranch can 
be brought about in cooperation with the owner. Mr. Beattie has returned from 
the Texas border whsre he has been inspecting the traffic control survey. 
j The research station in Mexico, alluded to in the last number, has been 
definitely established under the leadership of Mr. Busck, Commissions for this 
work have already been approved by the Secretary in relation to Mr. Busck and 
Mr. Eduardo G. Tejada, a citizen of Mexico, who will be in local or field charge 
the station. Two additional technical assistants will be provided, the com- 
‘ssion, one of whom, Mr. Loftin, has already been approved by the Secretary. 
This station will be a cooperative one between the Board and the Bureau of En- 
tomology. 
The reorganization of this work has led to the closing of the official 
Station at San Antonio. Headquarters will now be at Beaumont until the Trinity 
Bay emergency has been fully met. 
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