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Prof. Herbert Osborn, of the Ohio State University, visited the Sugar-— 
Cane Insect Laboratory at New Orleans and took part in a conference on the 
control of the sugar-ceane moth borer. Others at the conference were We G. 
Tazgart, director of the Sugar Experiment Station, Ed. Foster of the Nursery 
Inspection Service, We. Ge Bradley, entomologist of the Louisiana stations, 
and T. E. Holloway and WwW, E. Haley of this Bureau. 
T. E. Holloway and W. E. Haley have been cooperating with L. Le Janes 
of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics in estimating the loss of sugar cane 
in Louisiana due to the sugar-cane moth borer, Two estimates obtained inde— 
pendently were found to agree in a rather remarkable manner, and it is indi- 
cated that the average loss is about one-fifth of the sugar crop, 
Another visitor to the Sugar-Cane Insect Laboratory was Prof. Neguib 
Iskander, Assistant Entomologist of the Ministry of Agriculture of Egypte 
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CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
G, A. Dean, Entomologist in Charge 
P, R. Myers and C. C. Hill, of the Carlisle, Pa., laboratory of Cereal . 
end Forage Insect Investigations, visited Jashington Janusry 7 to 11 to look 
up references pertaining to manuscripts they are preparing for publication. 
Stewart Lockvood, in charge of the Billings, Mont., laboratory of 
Cereal and Forage Insect Investigations, visited Washington Jenuary to l2 
for consultation on several subjects pertaining to his work in the Northwest, 
He was very much interested in the new motion picture film relating to grass= 
hopper control in the Northwest, which will be ready for distribution in a 
short time. It is expected that this film will be used extensively in the 
grasshopper control campaimgms. 
We Je Phillips, in charge of the Charlottesville, Va., laboratory of 
Cereal and Forage Insect Investigations, visited Washington January 21 for 
consultation regarding the insect problems of the Southeastern States, 
Prof. Geo. A, Dean is to attend the meetings and take part on the pro= 
gram of the Farm and Home eek of the Ohio State University February 4 to & 
He will also give an address at the meeting of the entomologists of Ohio, 
which will be held at the Ohio State University February &. 
The follovring members of the division of Cereal end Forage Insect 
Investigations attended the meetings of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science at Cincinnati: J. S. lade, D. J. Caffrey, K. i. Babcock, 
L. H. Worthley, E. G. ees L. H. Patch, F. We Poos, We He Larrimer, G, Ge 
Ainslie, W. B. Cartvright, iW. B. Noble, H. Re Painter, A. F. Satterthvait, 
R. C, Blanchard, S, ection He Be Roberts, and Geo. A. Dean. 
