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CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
W. H. Larrimer, in Charge 
The following members of the Division attended the scientific meet— 
ings held in New York December 27 to January 2: W. H. Larrimer, J. a. 
Wade, J: Re Horton) F.- Wi sPoos, “-D. J.. Caffrey; C.7e Batchelder, M. E. 
Ryberg, L. H. Patch, C. M. Packard, W. J. Phillips, Morris Schlosberg, 3s. 
M. Dohanian and A. F. Satterthwait. 
Dr. H. L. Parker sailed on January 5 for Hyéres, Var, France, where 
he will continue to work on parasites of the European Corn Borer. 
L. H. Patch, of the field laboratory at Sandusky, Ohio, was in Wash— 
ington on January 12 for consultation regarding activities against the corn 
borer. 
A. I. Balzer was transferred January 1 from work on the corn borer 
at Monroe, Mich., to take charge of.a new field laboratory at Beaumont, 
Tex., where the main project is the study of the sugar cane moth borer as 
a pest of corn. . 
Merrill M. Darley, who for several months has been employed in the 
work on the alfalfa weevil at Salt Lake City, entered the Graduate School 
of Ohio State University at the beginning of the winter quarter. 
John S. Pinckney, who was formerly connected with the field labor- 
atory at Wichita, Kans., has recently been reappointed in this Division 
for duty at Carlisle, Pa. 4 
C. M.. Packard, J. R. Horton, C. C. Hill, E. D. Baton, and Av eaesaee 
terthwait were in Washington the first week of January for consultation 
on various regional problems, including that of the Hessian fly. 
Conference on Corn—Borer Research 
A complete program of research for controlling the European corn 
borer was presented and adopted at the third annual conference of corn— 
borer interests in Washington, D. C., January 2. The meeting was attended 
by more than 70 representatives from the Corn Belt and the States infested 
by the corn borer, including entomologists, administrative officials, and 
others interested in the problen. 
Dr. A. F. Woods, Director of Scientific Work, United States Depart— 
ment of Agriculture, acted as chairman of the conference and opened the 
day's session with a brief address, in which he urged a free discussion 
of the many angles of the problem and explained that the purpose of the 
conference was to provide for a complete coordination of the various proj- 
ects involving research on the corn borer throughout the affected States 
and Canada. 

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