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City, Mo., at the invitation of the city commissioners, and presented 
these provisions to the city officials. They will undoubtedly be in- 
cluded in a later revision of the city building code. At Phoenix, Ariz., 
on October 21, 1927, the Pacific Coast Building Officials' Conference 
adopted a uniform building code for the entire Pacific Coast, including 
the recommendations of the Bureau, presented by Dr. Snyder. Although in 
the past individual cities have adopted these recommendations, this is 
the first instance of their acceptance by a whole section of the country. 
Dr. Snyder then proceeded to Honolulu, where similar but slightly 
more detailed provisions were suggested, and were accepted by the Ter-— 
ritory of Hawaii, for a mandatory city building code, made to apply to 
both Honolulu and Hilo. These provisions will probably add from 1 to 2 
per cent to the initial cost of the building, but they are a form of 
insurance, not only to the householder but to the party financing the 
building. This fact is realized very strongly in Hawaii, where bankers 
will loan more money, or give a lower rate of interest, to a home owner 
constructing a building in accordance with these provisions. Necessarily 
the provisions are very brief, practical, and reasonable. The chemical 
impregnation of all woodwork to be used in the building, as a further 
precaution, is recommended, however, to persons who can afford still 
greater expense, particularly in Hawaii, where termite damage to the 
woodwork of buildings is serious. This will increase the initial cost 
10 per cent. 
On his return trip to Washington Dr. Snyder visited Houston and 
mone Arunur, ,lex., and New Orleans, La., all three cities favorably 
receiving these provisions for mandatory city building codes, 
CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
W. H. Larrimer, Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
T. E. Holloway, W. E. Haley, and J. W. Ingram, of the New Orleans, 
La., laboratory, attended a meeting of extension workers, chamber of 
commerce representatives, and others, at Beaumont, Tex., on December 
7, for the discussion of insect damage to sugar cane and corn in eastern 
Texas. Much interest was displayed in the recommendation for the con- 
trol of the sugar—cane moth borer. Considerable damage by the borer and 
by the sugar-cane beetle was reported by county agents. 
In the early part of December H. D. Smith, of the Carlisle, Pa., 
laboratory, made a survey trip relating to the work on the Hessian fly 
in the wheat-growing counties of Maryland and Virginia. 
Dr. W. J. Phillips, in charge of the Charlottesville, Va., lab-— 
oratory, was in Washington on December 16 consulting with Bureau offi- 
cials. 
