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A concern prominently engaged in the transportation of almonds from 
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Spain called on April 14 to discuss the subject of insects attacking nut meats . 
Considerable difficulty has been expenienced in shipping shelled almonds to . 
different parts of the world. By issuing a circular of information, approved 4 
by this Bureai, and by following directions for fumigating their products, : 
members of the company report that their insect problem has been greatly sim- 
plified. 
Daring the last half of April A. 0, Larson, of the bean-weevil inves- th 
tigations, Alhambra, Calif., conducted an intense Campaign in Butte and 
Stanislaus Counties, preparing the way for some field experiments planned by 
the Bure. These experimerts look toward a lessening of bean-weevil 
infestation in the field through the destruction of breeding places in storage, 
The bean-growing section of Butte County near Gridley, Biges, and Manzanita 
was inspected on April 16 and 17, and a talk on bean-weevil control was given ~_ 
on the evening of the 17th at the Manzanita Farm Bureau Center. On the 18th, 
accompanied by 0. U. Jarvis, agricultural appraiser of the United Bank ond 
Trast Company, Mr. Larson inspected conditions in parts of Butte, Glenn, and 
Sutter Counties. On April 20 bean warehouses at Modesto, Ceres, and Turlock 
were inspected during the day and a talk was given at nignt before represerta= 
tives of the Farm Advisor's Office and of the Farm centers of Stenislaus County, 
At this meeting a County Farm Bureew Bean Weevil Committee was appointed to 
assist Mr, Larson in conducting his field investigations, Money was voted for 
printing posters. On April 22 Mr, Larson was the speaker at the luncheon of the 
Lions! Club of Modesto and in the evening gave a talk at the Empire Farm Center. 
These are a few of Mr. Larson's activitics during the past month in an effort 
to get the seasons investigation started on a large and convincing scale, 
While in New York on April 24 and 25 Dr. Back visited the furniture 
departments of certain of the best known department stores, It is pleasing 
to record the eagerness with which the department managers dropped their work 
te discuss their insect problems, The losses sustained by furniture departments 
as the result of insect attack are very great and are on the increase. Certain 
firms treat returmmed infested furniture, charging from $10 to $30 per. chair or 
divan, and in addition the store pays to these fumigators transportation charges 
both ways, and necessarily assumes the added cost of replacing damaged covers. 
The American Warehousements Association, Household Division, recently 
addressed a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, calling attention to the 
need for a tho roughgoing investigation of the insect problems associated with 
the storage of houschold goods, 3 
At the request of D, K. Grady, Secretary of the Dried Fruit Association 
of California, J.C. Hamlin of fresno, Calif., forwarded on April 24 a statement 
relating to the raisin=-trash fumigator which Mr. Hamlin has devised and which 
has already been installed at several raisin packing plants. This statement has 
beon mimeographed at the expense of the Association for the benefit of its 
membership. 

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