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; Dr. Back has recently returned from Louisiana and Florida points. Con- 
siderable time was given to observing the harvesting and storage conditions of 
orn. Frequently corn that ripened in July and August was found still unharvest- 
in the field and suffering unnecessary and excessive loss through insect 
attack, In some neglected bins, corn which had ripened in June, was found to 
6 completely destroyed by the Angoumois grain moth and rodents. 
While in Plant City and Tampa, an examination was made of the important 
and interesting work of J. E. Graff with the X-ray as a means of controlling 
tored product insects. 
TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL, FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATONS 
C. L. Marlett, Entomologist in Charge. 
. R. S. Woglum has been ordered to Washington for the purpose of consulta- 
tion with the Assistant Chief of the Bureau and the preparation of reports. 
a W. W. Yothers, long a confirmed bachelor, has joined the ranks of bene- 
dicts. 
H. F. Dietz of the Federal Horticultural Board in cooperation with this 
Bureau has been making some investigations of ornamental cultures under glass 
at various points in the Ohio Valley. 
; Harold Morrison has been given the title of Entomological Explorer in 
charge of Tropical Insect Survey. 
TRUCK CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
F. H, Chittenden, Entomologist in Charge. 
H. K, Laramore, a special field agent, who has been engaged in extension 
work in Texas with headquarters at College Station, has resigned to accept a 
call to the colors from his home at Knox, Ind. 
4 R. C. Pickett, of Wisconsin, has been engaged to take the place of Mr. 
Laramore for service at College Station, Texas. 
E. G. Smyth, who has been engaged in extension work in Texas, has accept- 
ed a position with the State of Texas as extension service entomologist. 
D. B. Fink, who has been in charge of the Virginia Truck Experiment Statin, 
Norfolk, Va., for several years past, will take charge of a new station to be 
established at Riverton, N. J. He will work on the potato aphis, spinach aphis, 
and on root-maggots and other insects which particularly effect vegetable and 
ck crops under ground, 
T, H. Jones who has been at Washington, D. C., for consultation has re- 
turned to Baton Rouge, La., his permenant headquarters. 
% CG. H. Popenoe is on a trip through the Gulf States, and is visiting ex- 
tension workers and state entomologists, and is also engaged in a preliminary 
urvey of the sweet-potato weevil (Cylas formicarius). He has discovered 
new localities for this species, and among other important insects in Florida 
has observed an unusual work of mole-crickets in hollowing out sweet potatoes, 
ruining them for all practical purposes. 
