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MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU CF ENTOMOLOGY 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Number i129 January, 1925 
TRUCK CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. E. Graf, Entomologist, in Charge 
C. BE. Smith, Assistant.Entomologist,.who- visited Washington for the 
' purpose of doing library work on certain truck-crop insects, has since 
returned to Baton Rouge, La., his official station. 
E. M. Searls, Field Assistant, Madison, Wis., and N. F. Howard, Asso- 
Ciate Entomologist, Birmingham, Ala., attended the Cincinnati meeting of 
the National Canners'. Association and presented papers on-the pea aphis and 
bean insects. 
Rodney Cecil, Junior Entomologist, Birmingham, Ala., has been granted 
leave of absence to attend Iowa State University for additional graduate study. 
David Dunavan, a recent graduate of Oregon Agricultural College, has 
been reappointed Agent to take charge of the truck-crop laboratory at 
Toppenish, Wash., where he will conduct wireworm investigations in coopera- 
tion with the Cereal and Forage Division and the Washington State Experiment 
Station. M. C. Lane, of the Cereal and Forage Division, will be in general 
charge of these studies. 
»  .R. E. Campbell, Associate Entomologist, in charge of the laboratory 
at Alhambra, Calif., on his return from Washington stopped over at Gulfport, 
Miss., and New Orleans, La., to confer with Bureau officials at those els 
regarding the pepper weevil and general truck-crop insecis. 
Inspections of the farms in the dei ehborhond of Foley, Baldwin Co., 
Ala., have just been completed and no sweet-potato weevils were round in 
spite of the fact that a light infestation had been discovered in a potato 
curing house at Foley. Plans are now under way to conduct a second inspec- 
tion at a later date in order to locate the infestation on the farms to 
permit eradication before the weevil has had an opportunity to spread. 
J. E. Dudley, Assistant Entomologist, in charge of the Madison, Wis. 
laboratory, is rapidly recovering from a serious attack of pneumonia, eka | 
is making plans to visit California to conduct experiments on the pea aphis 
in that State during the coming spring in cooperation with R. E. i he Ett 
Associate Entomologist. a> 
N. fF, Howard recently visited Chillicothe, Ohio, where he conferred with 
A. E. Miller regarding cooperative work on the Mexican bean beetle in Ohio, 
which is. being conducted by the Bureau of Be OEOroey, and the Ohio Experiment 
Station. 
