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TRUCK-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J» E. Graf, Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
J. HE. Dudley, Jr., and E. M. Searls, of the Madison, Wis., lab- 
Oratory, left Madison September 10 on a field inspection trip. On 
september 11 they visited Urbana, Ill., and conferred with Drs. Metcalf, 
Balduf, and Milam, of the Illinois Experiment Station, and with Dr 
Drake, of the Ohio Zxperiment Station, At La wayette, Ind., they con 
ferred with J. J. Davis, and visited the Cereal and Forage Laboratory, 
now in charge of C. M. Packard. The le:ican bean beetle laboratory at 
, Columbus, Ohio, was next visited, where conferences were held with 
'.N. F. Howard and others. On Sevtember 15 they visited the corn-borer 
Station at Toledo, Ohio, later visiting Monroe, Ann Arbor, and East 
Lansing, Mich., where discussions were held with Bureau and State workers. 
They returned to Madison on September 17. 
On September 21,.C. H. Ponenoe, of the Sligo, Md., laboratory, 
visited Pomeroy, Pa., and other points in the mushroom-growing region 
near Philadelphia, to obtain data with relation to the fumigation of 
mushrooms with hydrocyanic-acid gas, and to consult with growers about 
their difficulties with insect pests during the past season. 
. On Septeniber 20 K. I. Cockerham left Biloxi, Miss., for a scout- 
_ ing tour of the islands in the Mississipvi Sound to determine whether 
“morninga-glory plants occurring there were infested with the sweet-potato 
weevil, The points visited included Cat Island, Isle of Pitre, Creole 
) Gap, Johnson Bayou, Three Mile Bay, and Shell Point.. Morning glories 
infested with the weevil were found cnly on the Isle of Pitre. 
S. 3. Crumb and F. S. Chamberlin, who have been conducting e 
periments in vacuum fumigation as a measure for the control of the aie 
arette beetle at Tampa, Fla., returned to their official stations at 
Glerksville, Tenn., and Quincy, Fla., in the latter part of September, 
J. Us. Gilmore ahd K. B. McKinney, of the Tobacco RB OESS Labora~ 
tory at Clarksville, Tenn., have been temporarily transferred to the 
Mexican fruit-worm inspection service at Harlingen, Tex., ahgee they are 
fal 
working under the direction of Dr. A. ¢.. Baker, 
Warly in September Walter Carter, of the _—— Falls, Idaho, sugar-’ 
beet insects laboratory, visited Berkeley and other points .in California, 
where he discussed the sugar-beet leafhopner situation with entomologists 
for the University of California. 
E. G Smyth, a former emvloyee and collaborator of this office, 
Visited “ashington on September 10, en route from California to New York. 
The temporary epnointments of the following employees have deen 
terminated during the month of September; I. R. Taylor, Philadelphia, Pa.; 
“ht. Goodrich, Twin Falls, Idaho; ¥. 3. Williams, Alhambra, Calif.; M. T, 
Stone, Walla Yalla, Wash.; T. EH. Bronson, Madison, Wis.; H. I, Vest, Foley 
Ala.; H. L. Yeatherby and D. iM. DeLong, Columbus, Ohio; S. C. Lyon and 
W. T, Darrow, Clarksville, Tenn.; and J, &. Durham, Bstancia, MN. M, 

