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At the request of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Or- 
leans and of the New Orleans Association of Commerce,.Dr. Back Spent Decen- 
Baa ea ioe be co ore, in cooperation with W. T, Dillard, 6 the 
ment of “Agriculture, a survey was made of the condition of docks and ships 
used in the exporting of flour, te) | 
ee, gong the recent callers ‘at this office are,’ B, W. Thornton, Chief 
Chentist of ‘the R. B. Davis Company,of Hoboken; BE. H. Lane, President of 
___the “Lane Cedar Chest Company, of Virginia; H. W. Melville,. of the Western 
“Marine ‘Department ‘of the Insurance Company of North America; Robert Hall, 
_ of the Federal Storage Company; J. V. Lane, 6f F. H. price & Co. New York 
City; J. 0. Keegan, Marine Secretary, Providence-Washington Insurance Company, 
Gueerovadence, R. I.:; R. C, Jordan, Special Agent, Export Grain & Flour Traf- 
fic. of the illinois, Gentral System, Chicago; Alberto. Graf Marian, Agricul- 
tural Engineer, of. Chile, and B, R.. Beal, Special Representative. of the 
Claims and prevention Department of. the Rock:ialandR. R. - °°. 

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DECIDUOUS-FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
_  Ae-L..Quaintance,. Associate. Chief of. Bureau, in -Charge:~ 
_ On November 26 and 27 the State Plant Board of.Mississippi, togather 
with entomological workers of that State, held a meeting at A. & M. College, 
_ Miss., at which Oliver I. Snapp gave an address on the :results of recent 
_ @xperiments on the control of peach insects in ‘the South,: .: | i "aie 
Observations in the past few months have shown a very heavy mortal- 
ity of the San Jose scale in the Georgie peach delt; heavier than at. any 
other, time in the.last five years. It is believed to.be due to.twices ) 
Stabbed ladybird beetles. In-many cases. the scale coverings, with no bodies 
under them, were, found clinging tothe trees.: The question. has arisen’ © - 
whether the unusual abundance of ladybird beetles in 1926 is in any way cor- 
related with the general use of lubricating-oil. emulsion for the last sev- 
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Dr. Pp. M. Gilmer, in charge of codling moth investigations at Wi- 
chita, Kans., came to Washington. about, the middle of December to confer at 
length regarding his field work, and to return in January. 
} A. J. Ackerman, in charge of the Bureau's laboratory at Bentonville, 
~ Ark,, spent the last half of December in Washington, going over with offi- 
: cials of the Bureau the subject of his field investigations, He will return 
to Bentonville’ early in January. . 
; Dr, B. A, Porter, in charge of the Bureau's laboratory. at, Vincennes, 
_ Ind,, Spent’ the latter part of Decéinber in Washington conferring with Bu- 
 reau' offitials as to’ his plans for the coming season's work. He expects 
to remain in Washington for a considerable part of January. 
