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The appointment of W. C. Handlin to carry on extension work in control of 
gereal and forage insects in Oregon and Washington ts revoked owing to his having 
been mustered into the military service. | 
» R&, W. Kelly has been appointed Special Field Agent to carry on extension work 
control of deciduous-fruit insects in Indiana with headquarters at Lafayotte. 
George H. Rea has been appointed Special Field Agent to fill the vacancy 
in extention work in apiculture in New York State made by the resignation of 
David Running. — oe oe 
me maz #. Recher hes boon appointed Specie! Field Agent to assist in extension 
work in cereal and forage dnseots requtyol in the Pacific: Northwest. The entire — 
field station staff at Forest Grove, Qyegon will also devote considerable of their 
time to a campaign for the seombro} ofthe clover midge (Dasyneure leguminicola) 
in this region. {de ead o+ tore rhid & re oF 
| J. S$. Stanford who has-been carrying on extension work in Ideho on deciduous- 
fruit insects has regdgnedy (io ec’ 
B. G. Thompson has been appointed Special Field Agent +o carry on extension 
work in control ofvcerealiend,forage insects in Oregon and Washington. nn eee 8 
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tie? 00 o GetrgiALe AND FORAGE !NSECT INVESTIGATIONS, 
at eft ,yt to whe Rol Walton, Entomologist in Charge. 
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C. W. Cartwright, formerly assistant et Knoxville, Tenn. Laboratory has. 
‘yesigned from{tte service to enter the Army. 
M. OgiHoltister, a graduate of the Connecticut Agricultural College has been 
appointed scientific assistant and detailed for service at the West LaFayette, 
‘Indiana field station under Mr. Davis. 
| Max Reeher and B.’G. Thompson having been appointed special field agent for 
duty in Oregon, and Washington, They will pay. special attention to the control of 
grasshopers » clover flower midge, and insects in general affecting clover and 
alfalfa. | 
Reports of the presence of 











j green bug in the wheat fields of Texas, The first 
report came from T. Scott Wilson on March 7, when he discovered the insect to be 
present in & field near Denton. An additional report has since been received through 
‘F.C. Bishopp sayingiithatethe. green bugs was abundant in spots in the same general 
region which has long been nown as & breeding ground for this pest. Owing to the 
severity of the winter throughout the wheat belt, it is not believed that any great 
danger of an outbreak of the insect may be feared during the coming spring. The The 
Hessian-fly situation is apparently very much the same as it was last fall, judging 
by early reports from several different States and in the middle west and there 
seems to be little danger of any general outbreak of this insect in the immediate 
future. Chinch-bugs are unusually abundant in northern Texas and it is believed 
that a serious outbreak in that general region is to be expected during the next 
gd months. 
The Bureau of Entomology, with the U. S. States Relation Service cooperating, 
has issued and distributed a large edition of posters and leaflets dealing with 
grasshopper, chinch bug, and cutworm control respectively. These publications are 
dliustrated by R. H. Snodgrass. 
