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Since most station heads are responsible only for the funds al- 
lotted to them under their Letters of Authorization, one of these ac- 
counts should be sufficient fur cach appropriation item under which 
funds are allottea to him. The proper maintenance of the account will 
enable him to tell at all times hcw much remains of his original al- 
lotment and to avoid the denger of over-drefts. If, in addition, to 
funds under his Letter of Allotment, he has been told that there will 
be held for his needs a certain portion of the Purchase Allotment of 
his Washington division, he can alsu keep a record cf this allotment 
and thus know when he is zetting close to the limit of the amount that 
has been reserved for him. 
This suggested form is offered for what it may be wortn. It can 
be varied in any way that will best meet the needs of a perticular sta- 
tion. The important thing is not the form of the easels but the nec- 
essity for ie ie Se a rocord that will at all times enable the station 
head to know where he stands financially. 
FRUIT INSECTS 
Dark-colored bands capture more codling moth worms.-~E. J. New- 
comer and F. P. Dean, of the Yakima, WaSRe, field laboratory, have 
just reported the results vf experiments with the codling moth bands, 
as follows: "In our report for December 1952 we stated that bands 
treated with cick ssa aambgac and oil lia 79 percent of the worms, as 
compered with 21 percent caught in untreated bands. We suggested 
that the darker color of ene treated bands probably attracted a larger 
number cf worms. In 1333, tuerefore, Mr. Dean saturated some of the 
banding material in the same cil used for treating bands, but with the 
beta-naphthol sear iy This carkened the bands, but it was found dur- 
ing the season that tnese oil-treated bands had more of a tendency to 
bleach cut than Potts treated with oil and peta-naphticl. They had 
alreacy been put in ean orchard, however, in comparison with untreated 
bands....0f 1,159.worms caught, o6.2 percent were caught in the dark, 
or oil-treatea, ieee and 45.3 percent in the light, or untreated, 
bands. This shows a preference for the dark bands, but one not so 
s wren the bends were treated with both beta-naphthol and oil. 
great a 
It is planned this season to dye the paper black in both, the treated 
and untreated bands and then compare results." 
Codling moth baiting materials.--The following is quoted from 
BE. R. Van Leeuwen! s report on bait-trap studies of the codling moth 
conducted at Yakima durin; 1933: "A total of 120 chemicals were used 
in tests to attr ne the adult cudling moth. The uethod employed in- 
volved the use of a standard bait composed of a mixture of 1 part of 
molasses to 10 parts of water, with and without the test chemical. 
the chemical under test, was floated on top of the standard bait by 
means cof a small viel end cork known as the Peterson evaporating cup. 
