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TRUCK-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. E. Graf, Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
R. E. Campbell, Alhambra, Calif., reports that Dr. S. P. Minkiewicz, of Pulaway, 
Poland, visited the Alhambra and Garden Grove, Calif., laboratories on October 3 and 4. 
R. E. Campbell attended a meeting of State, County, and Federal entomologists, -and 
plant pathologists, horticultural commissioners, and health and pure food inspectors and 
adminis.rators, at Berkeley, Calif., on Oct. 11, at which recormaendations for the spraying 
of lettuce and celery were considered. 
K. L. ‘Cockerham, Biloxi, Miss., reports that B. L. Boyden and J. W. McGlamery; of 
the Tampa, Fla., laboratory, visited Biloxi on October 17, and discussed work relative to the 
eradication of the sweet-potato weevil and the occurrence of sea-side morning glories along 
the beach and adjacent islands. 
F. S. Chamberlin, Quincy, Fla., visited Washington, en route to Massachusetts, on 
October 3. He returned October 21 to Washington, where he spent a few days in research and 
library work, after which he completed the round trip, reaching Quincy October 28. 
Rodney Cecil, in charge of the Geneva, N. Y., Mexican bean beetle field laboratory, 
was transferred to Columbus, Ohio, on October 25. 
Troy Thompson, who for nearly six years has been engaged in the work of controlling 
the sweet potato weevil in southern Mississippi, resigned October 31 to become connected 
with the Alabama State Department of Agriculture. 
The temporary appointments of V. E. Romney and F. H. Hall, Twin Falls, Idaho, and 
QO. KR, Causey, Chadbourn, N. C., were terminated in the month of October. K. B. McKinney 
and Joe Milam, Clarksville, Tenn., have been temporarily transferred to inspection work on 
the pink bollworm, under the direction of the Federal Horticultural Board. 
GIPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL INVESTIGATIONS 
A. F. Burgess, Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
A. F. Burgess attended the conference and field meetings of the International Corn 
Borer Organization on September 21 to 23, inclusive. Infested areas in Ohio, Michigan, and 
Ontario were visited and methods of control work were observed. The return trip was made 
through Washington, D. C., in order to attend hearings and confer with Bureau officials. 
On September 12 R. T. Webber returned from a trip to Europe and northern Africa, 
having spent seven months abroad in collecting and sending parasites of the gipsy moth to 
Melrose Highlands. 
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