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CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
W. H. Larrimer, Entomologist, in Charge 
Owing to the reorganization of the Southern Field Crop Insect In- 
vestigations, the project “Sugar Cane and Rice Insects" has been transferred 
to the Division of Cereal and Forage Insect Investigations, effective July ap 
This adds to the personnel of this branch Messrs. Thos. E. Holloway, Wallace 
E. Haley, and Jesse W. Ingram, 
Dr. W. H. Larrimer attended a meeting of manufacturers of farm machin-~ 
ery in Chicago on June 2. This meeting, intended to enlist the cooperation 
of manufacturers in the development of farm machinery to aid in the control 
of the corn borer, was also attended by L. H. WorthLey and D. J. Caffrey, 
of this branch, 
M. OC. ane, in charge of the Toppenish laboratory, regently made a 
short trip into southern Tdaho, where, accompanied by F. H. Shirck, he made 
a survey of wireworm conditions in the Boise Valley. 
George B, Kunkel has been given a temporary appointment, effective 
July 1, as Field Assistant at the Carlisle, Pa., laboratory. He will assist 
in Hessian fly surveys to be made there. 
In June A. F. Satterthwait, in charge of the Webster Groves labora- 
tory, made a survey of the billbug situation in New Jersey and near-by terri- 
tory. He visited the Washington office on June 17. 
Miss Margaret M, Marshall, of the Sacramento laboratory, spent a 
portion of her vacation in Washington in June, renewing acquaintance with 
old friends in the Bureau. 
Karly in June C. i, Ainslie, of the Iowa laboratory, made a survey 
of Hessian fly and other insect conditions in the western part of North 
Dakota and a portion of Montana. 
G. G Ainslie, of the Tennessee laboratory, and Dr. We. Jd. Phillips, 
of the Virginia laboratory, were in Washington for consultation on June 29. 
Dr. Philip Iuginbill, recently of the Columbia, s. C. laboratory, 
has been placed in charge of the newly established corn borer laboratory 
at Monroe, Mich. Studies will be made there of the various entomological 
and agronomic problems involving the European corn borer in southeastern 
Michigan, the project being cooperative between the entomologists and 
agronomists of Michigan State College and the Bureau. 
A. I. Balzar, a recent graduate of the Kansas State Agricultural 
College, and R. A, Blanchard, formerly of the Webster Groves, Mo. , Laboratory, 
have been assigned as temporary assistants to Dr. Luginbill in corn borer 
work at Monrae, Mich. 
