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GIPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH INVESTIGATIONS 
Me A, F. Burgess, Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
On June 6 and June 10 H. B. Peffers, of the Bureau of the Budget, visited 
the office and laboratory at Melrose Highlands. On June 11 Mr. Feffers, 
accompanied by H. L. Blaisdell and S. S. Crossman, made a trip of inspection to 
the storehouse at Pittsfield, Mass. During the two following days the barrier 
zone east of the New York State line, from Pittsfield to the Canadian border, 
was visited and an inspection made of spraying and scouting work. 
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: A, F. Burgess spent several days in Washington, D. C., in the week of 
May 11, and during the week of June 15 he attended a conference there and 
visited the Gipsy Moth project in New Jersey. 
H. L, Blaisdell and 5. S. Crossman visited the Gipsy Moth Extermination 
' project in New Jersey during the week of June 22. On June 27 the spraying work 
' in New Jersey was practically finished for the season. Fish oil at the rate of 
' 1 gallon to 400 gallons of arsenate of lead spray was used for most of the 
Spraying. The addition of the fish oil caused the poison to adhere well to all 
kinds of foliage in the area sprayed. No burning or damage resulting from the 
spraying was observed. 
On June 25 one of the 1,000-pound pressure sprayer trucks was shipped from 
Bound Brook, N. J., by fast freight to Yellowstone Park. This machine has 
_ been loaned to the Park for the remainder of the season for use in insect- 
control work. 
BEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
James I. Hambleton, Apiculturist, in Charge 
Among the visitors at the Bee Culture laboratory in June were three 
from Cornell University; Dr. E, F. Phillips, V. M. Argo, and R. L. Parker, 
the last named being a recent graduate of that institution. 
The following temporary appointments have been made at the Bee Culture 
laboratory: Junior Biologists in Apiculture, Prof, L. M. Bertholf, of Western 
Maryland College, and Carlton E. Burnside, a graduate student of the University 
of Michigan; Assistant Scientific Aid in Apiculture, Miss Winifred S. Hull, 
a student at Vassar College. 
Mrs. Mary Katheryn Lindell, of Ocean View, Le., has accepted a temporary 
appointment as Field Assistant at the temporary field laboratory, Indian River 
Inlet, Del. : 
Mr. Hambleton was at the Kee Culture Laboratory from June 27 to June 30, 
then returned to the temporary field laboratory in Delaware. 
