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SOUTHERN FIELD~CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
T. E. Holloway, Associate Intomlogist, In Charge 
eS. Chamberlin, in charge of the tobacco insect laboratory at 
Quincy, Fla., was recently at the Washington office. Mr, Chamberlin has 
Completed an extensive inspection of tobacco plantings in the Southeastern 
otatess 
Je W. Ingram, stationed at Crowley, Ila., is on a trip to California 
to investigate rice insects in that State, 
Dr. W, D, Hunter and J. L, Webb recently visited the Tallulah, la, 
laboratory. , 
W. V. King and G, H. Bradley have been investigating the mosquito 
situation on the Mississippi coast. 
C. F. Stahl, formerly of the Bureau and now studying sugarcane 
insects in Cuba for the Tropical Plant Research Foundation, was a a 
visitor at the Sugarcane Insect Laboratory. 
J. Ie Wedb is taking a field trip to Texas and Aiizona. During his 
absence T. E, Holloway is acting : in charge ot the Washington Cees 
O. G, Babcock made an address on August 12 before a group of stock 
raisers at the "ranchman's roundup" held by the Texas Experiment Station 
at its substation No. 14, near Sonora, Tex. About one thousand ranchmen 
were in attandance, and reaps interest was shown in Mr. Babcock's 
discussion of the control of screwworms and goat lice under range condi- 
tions. 
‘ete in August Dr. R,. C, Roark, of the Bureau of Chemistry, and 
Messrs, E, W. Laake and H,j M, Brundrett discontinued their work on the 
screw Worm, on ranches near Uvalde, Tex,, and returned to the Dallas labora+... 
tory. After. a brief conference at Dallas, Doctor Roark returned to Washing- 
tons 
In August D. C, Parman, of the Uvalde, Tex., laboratory, submitted 
a manuscript on "Internal administration of chemicals for the control of 
external parasites of the fowl," for publication as a Bureau bulletin, 
Much interest is being shown by poultry raisers of the country in this 
question, since a great number of proprietary remedies of this nature are 
being sold for the purpose of controlling mites, lice, ticks and other 
parasites of fowls.» 
