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Leslie Piéfte, of the Buteau of Plant Industry, has been trans- 
ferred from-Bentérvilte, Ark.,' to the Vineennes laboratory, where, in co-. 
operation.with the Bureau of Entomology,* the willwork on the fruit disease 
phases of orchard spraying probléms, tia: i 
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CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
G. A. Dean, Senior Entomologist, in Charge 
Mrs. Frances Marie Jones has received an appointment as under scien- 
tific helper, effective April 1;+1925, for duty at Tempe, Ariz. Mrs. 
Jones has served in a temporary capacity at that station for some months. 
Charles §. Andérson, a skilled preparator, has accepted a temporary 
appointment for duty at Arlington,’.Mass. He will give his attention to 
preparation of material for-usé in the quarantine and control campaigns | 
now being carried on in the infested territories, especially of the Middle © 
West. Mr. Anderson reported for duty March 16, 
L. H. Worthley is conducting a cléan-up campaign against the EHuro- 
pean corn borer in western Long Island andeastern Staten Island, where 
isolated colonies of. the insect have beén discovered. ‘The methods fol- 
lowed consist principally in burning over: the infested areas by the use of ~ 
specially designated burners and fuel oil). Good progress has been made in 
this work, as the weather has been very favorable,~ | 
F. W. Poos, who has been taking graduate work at the Ohio State 
University, returned to his place ‘of duty at Saridusky, Ohio, March 16. 
D. J. Caffrey, A. F: Satterthwait, W. H. Larrimer; H. R. ‘Painter, 
and W. B. Noble attended the conference of North Central States entomolo- 
gists held at Lafayette, Ind., on March 5 and 6. They report very profit- 
able results. a 
M. ¢. Lane, in charge of the wireworm work ‘at Toppenish, Wash., 
has recently recovered from a severe illness, ‘contracted shortly.after 
his return from Washington. 
V. Ls Wildermath and E. E. Russell visited the Imperial Valley dur- 
ing the week of March 23 to observe: the condition of insect infestation 
in the alfalfa of that region, Mr. Wildermuth’ also vigited Yuma, where 
an experiment on a large ‘scale in the control of the alfalfa-seed chalcis 
fly is in progress. The office equipment at the latter place, which was 
destroyed in a recent fire, has ‘been replaced, and BE. &. Russell, in 
Charge of the work, ig located in the City Hall. 
