4 Walter Carter, Associate Entomologist in charge of the Trin Fells, 
Idaho, Laboratory, visited Riverside and Berkeley, Calif., early in May to 
confer with Doctors Carsner and Severin regarding the- investigations of the 
Bugar-beet gent hopper under way in that State. 
4 i . An Thomas, Assistant Entomologist in Sees of the Chadbourn, 
ON. C.,la oratory, visited the Jekyl Island Golf Club, at Brunswick, Ga., 
May 26, to check up his experiments on the control of mole crickets on golf 
but the Mr. Thomas found the fairways and greens free from these insects, 
e heavy vegetation ‘surrounding the fairways shored some infestation, .’ 
E iabor Re FP. Howard, Associate Entomologis é in charge of the Columms, Ohio, 
fe teports that MN. A. Vappula, of the Agricultural Tastitute of 
Finland, recently visited Columbus and spent several days studying the work 
on the oct bean bectle, and various other problems. 
; Pour’ field assistants have been temporarily appointed and assigned in 
: May, as follows: vy. E. Romey, investigations of the sugar-beet leafhopper, 
' at Twin Falls, ‘Idaho; E. K. Bynum, the Australian tomate weevil, Gulfport, 
_“‘Miss.; M. W. Stone, wireworms, Walla Walla, Wash.; and M. P. Jones, thé 
_ Mexican bean beetle, eget Ohio. 

SOUTHERN FIELD-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. Le Webb, associate Entomologist, Acting in Charge 
Elmer Johnson, Agricultural Engineer, and R. H. Flake, Mechanician, 
| of the Tallulah, La., Laboratory, spent several days of May in Washington, 
attending Patent Office hearings relating to patents upor pclahincemiges 
machinery, On May 4, in company with Mr. Webb, they made a trip to the Huff- 
_Daland airplane factory at Bristol, Pa., to inspect the new dusting ship 
about to be purchased by the Bureau for use in control investigations of the 
cotton-boll weevil. 
‘A mumber of temporary field assistants were taken on in May, for work 
on the cotton boll weevil; among them are the following: J. H. Adams, W. B. 
Brunson, R. L.Callihan, G. H, Hales, H. T. James, J. H. Kyzar, R. Melvin, 
) J. C. Pearson, D. H. Ratcliff, R. A. Robinson, T. S. Ross, S. Sevier, Franklin 
_ Sherman, III, Percy E. Stephons, L. B. Thompson, 0. L. Turman, and V. H. Wilson. 
A seminar was inaugurated May 25, at Tallulah, with full attendance 
and enthusiastic interest on the part of the personnel of the Delta Labora- 
tory. Dr. J. W. Folsom, in charge of experimental detail, will preside at the 
weekly meetings for post-graduate study and discussion. All members of the 
Delta Laboratory organization located at Tallulah, fromm shop mechanics to 
administrative officers, are enlisted in this effort to bring the organizatisn 
to the highest possible plane of coordinated efficiency, 

