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BR. A. Porter attended a blueberry maggot conference at Bangor, Maine, 
on July 18. The conference was called by the National Cenners' Association 
for the benefit of the blueberry canners of Maine, to consicer possible 
methods of preventing the presence of maggots in canned blueberries. The 
matter was very thoroughly discussed, but the present knowledge of the prob-— 
lem was not sufficient to warrant final conciusions or recommendations. The - 
insect involved has been considered to be Rhagolesis pomoneila Walsh, the 
-known ree MASZO%» elthough the form attacking the blueberry is prob- 
J. S. Houser of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station was a visitor 
at the Vincennes, Ind., laboratory on June 30 and duly 1. Mr. Houser was 
completing a trip throvgh the fruit sections of Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois; 
and Indiana for the purpose of making at first hand a study or the San Jose 
the use of lubricating-oil enmlsion. 
Visitors to the laboratory at Fort Valley, Ga., during the last month, 
to observe the work under way, included a group of Tennessee peach growers © 
headed ty the horticulturist of the University of Tennessee and several from 
South Carolina, Alabama, and Virginia. — 
Fred E. Brooks, in charge of the Bureau's laboratory at French Creek, 
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vw. Va., was in Washington Jul y ed end <4 in connection with weevil control 
experiments in the Department's chestnut orchard at Bell Station, Md. 
CHREAL AND FORAGH INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
G. A. Dean, Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
P. Rh. Myers visited Washington in early July in connection with an 
official trip into Virginia. 
Prof. George A. Dean visited Boston July 6 for the purpose of inspect- 
ing the northern edge of the corn borer infestation in Maine and New Hamp- 
shire. It was observed that corn was very small at that time, and because of 
the backward season but little evidence of infestation was found. 
The corn borer investigational work unde er Bil at Sandusky, Ohio, al— 
most completely esceped the effects of the terrific storm which swept over 
that locality in the latter part of June. The aaah serious result of the 
storm was the partial wrecking of one of the motor boats assigned to the corn 
borer control work, which was capsized and sunk in shallow water. Arrange- 
ments have been made to raise and repair the boat. 
Hirem ¢. Burt, a graduate of the Manhattan Agricultural College, has 
been appointed Junior Entomologist and assigned to the jointworm investiga- 
tions under W. J. Phillips at Cherlottesville, Va. Mr. Burt assumed his new 
Cuties June 30. 
ably a Gistinct biological strain. uo 
scale situation and the striking control of the scale which had been obtained 
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