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MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 


TRUCK-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J, E. Graf, Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
Walter Carter left Twin Falls, Idaho, on November 25 for St. 
Paul, Minn., where he discussed with Dr. R. N. Chapman, of the Experi- 
ment Station, the methods he is using for forecasting the abundance of 
the sugar-beet leafhopper. He arrived in Washington, D. C., on Decem— 
ber 2, where he reported on the past season's work, and discussed plans 
for future work. Plans at this time are also being made for arrange- 
ments with the Bureau of Plant Industry for cooperative investigations 
on the sugar-beet leafhopper and curly-top. Mr. Carter returned to 
Twin Falls about the middle of December. 
Mr. Swendsen, of the Amalgamated Sugar Co., Boise, Idaho, visited 
this office on December 5 and 6 and discussed the possible enlargement 
of the operations being conducted in the Intermountain Region against 
the sugar-—beet leafhopper. 
Messrs. Newborne and Lindenberger, of the Consumers Tobacco 
Co., Albuquerque, N. M., visited this office on December 5, and dis- 
cussed the losses occasioned by the tobacco stalk-borer (Trichobaris 
mucorea) in the Southwest. 7 x 


L. W. Brannon, Columbus, Ohio, attended the meeting of the North 
Carolina County and Home Demonstration Agents, at Raleigh, N. C., the 
week of December 12, where he gave a talk on the Mexican bean beetle. 
J. U. Gilmore returned to Clarksville, Tenn., December 16, from 
his temporary assignment with the Federal Horticultural Board in the 
Southwest. 
The following employees of this Division attended the meetings 
of the American Association of Economic Entomologists held at Nashville, 
Tenn., the week of December 27, in connection with the annual meetings of 
the American Associatiou for the Advancement of Science: N. F. Howard 
and L. W. Brannon, Columbus, Ohio, C. E. Smith and Norman Allen, Baton 
mouee,  ba,, 0. Reid, dre, Chadbourn, N. °C.;-W. E. Stone; ; Sanford, 
Fla., F. S. Chamberlin, Quincy, Fla., and.A..C. Morgan, S. E. Crumb, and 
J. U. Gilmore, Clarksville, Tenn. 
The temporary appointments of 0. E. Gahm and W. M. Prevatt have 
been terminated, and G. A. Orum has resigned. 
December, 1927 
