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SOUTHERN FIELD-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. L. Webb, Associate Entomologist, Acting in Charge 
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B. Re Coad recently visited various points in Texas and Arizona on 
business relating to the Bureau work on the Thurberia weevil, and the work 
of the Federal Horticultural Board on the pink bollworm, In the course 
of the month he also visited Washington, 
A. C. Morgan visited New York on business relating to the vacuum 
method of fumigation for control of the tobacco beetle, stopping at 
Washington for a few days on the return trip to his official station at 
Clarksville, Tenn, 
F, C. Bishopp, of the Dallas, Tex., station, visited Washington in 
December to consult with various bureau officials, 
A. J. Chapman, of the Tallulah laboratory, has been transferred to 
Tucson, Ariz., where he will be engaged in Thurberia weevil investigations, 
K, P. Ewing and A. C. Johnson have been transferred from the Fed= 
eral Horticultural Board to the permanent force of the Bureau, their new 
duties to date from January 1, 1926, and will be assigned to investigations 
of the cotton hopper. : 
H, E, Wallace and J. U. Gilmore, who were transferred to the Federal 
Horticultural Board, to assist in scouting for the pink bollworm during 
the active season, have returned to their respective stations to resume 
their regular work, Mr. Wallace to Mound, La., and Mr. Gilmore to . 
Clarksville, Tenn, 

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JAPANESE BEERLE INVESTIGATIONS 
Loren B, Smith, Entomologist, in Charge 
H. Bennett Johnston, Assistant Entomologist of the Sudan Government, 
was a visitor at the Japanese Beetle Laboratory in the latter part of 
the month, ! 
Js L, King, who is carrying on graduate studies at Ohio State 
University, recently spent several days at Riverton consulting with 
reference to parasite problems, 
The area of the quarantine on account of the Japanese beetle has 
been extended from 5,122 to 6,017 square miles, This represents the small- 
est increase in the quarantine area, in proportion to the size of the 
area as a whole, since the insect was first discovered, 
