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Educational campaiyn against screy worms in Georgia.--With the co~ 
operation: of.:Wm, E.: White, veterinarian of the. Georgia Department of | 
Agriculture, H, 'B. Reffpnsperger,, of the, Bureat.of Aninal Industry, and 
W. E. Dove, of the Savannah; Ge... laboratory, an educational campaign was’: 
conducted: against: screw worms for the. benefit of farmers and’ stocknen of © 
“southern Geargia.:; In each of 32. counties, and.in all but 3 counties of 
the Georgia infestation, these men were invitéd to address mass meetings -- 
of farmers regarding screw worm control. From 90 to 600 farmers attented - 
the. meetings held in county court: houses. In one instance a judge ree 
céssed court to Give ‘an oppor titi ty “Yor ‘the~serew worm meeting... Follow _ 
ing the meetings farners pledged theriselves to prompt’ disposal of car— +“: 
“casses, to dissemination of. the information to their neighbors, ‘and to. 
the use’ of the recomendations of the Bureau of Entomology. iIn‘some die 
stances range riders. were employed by .the county commissioners to en~.aray 
force ia. Georgia statute requiring prompt disposal of carcassés of animals,’ 
Commercial benzol was obtained by dealers and county conmissioners‘fron’. | 
aor 
a motor fuel manufacturer at a price ef 35. cents per gallon'f, ov "bi# “4 
a ne 
Atlanta, Ga, Since mostof the farmers in Georgia make and use a homes 
runpine tar on cuts and wounds ef aninals, it was recormended that they | 
use 1 part of cottonseed oil to 2 parts of the home-run pine tar as a 
dressing for the wound and as a repellent for the flies, It is estimated 
that the actual losses due to deaths .of animals and the cost ef treatin 
-infested animals in Georgia anounted to $500,000, An average loss’ ef 
$10 per farm on nore than 60,900 farms exceeds gach ah estimate. It is 
believed that the campaign in Georgia. prevented losses of more than a. 
“million dollars during the present year. Similar educational work was 
also carried om in northern Florida, and during part of the outbreak CX 
- tension entomologist P. D. Sanders assisted in the work, 
"Considerable field. survey work was accomplished during September’ - 
and October," reports EH, H, Stage, “along both sides of the Columbia’ 
River from the Cascade Mountains to Clatskanie, Oreg., for purposes of 
naking estimates on brush clearing and necessary ditching in the mosquito 
control prosran centered at Portland, . It has been found that brush clear. 
ing not only eids:in. gaining access:to.the large breeding grounds. to be 
treated, but :that the destruction,of the matted willow growth has Some 
dircet influence on, the reduction of the flood-water mosquitoes, Aedes « 
aldrichi Dyar & Knab. and'A. vexans Meig, . Employment for 800 men for 6. . 
months was thus estimated and submitted to the Chamber of Commerce at tos 
Portland, wes : ji “le eae ay 

HOUSEHOLD AND STORED PRODUCT INSECTS 
George B, Wagner, of the Kansas City, Mo., laboratory reports a 99,3 
percent kill of insects with a dosage of about 8 ounces of liquid cyanide 
during a 17~hopr exposure in an old-type brick flour mill. With a temper — 
ature of 90° F., dropping to 77° F., with a humidity of about 80 percent, 
and wind velocity of 5 miles per hour during the early part of the ex- 
pesure, climatic conditions were quite favorable. The m ill had been thor- 
oughly cleaned and all mill stock taken out. The bolting cloths on the 
reels were being badly damaged by fabric pests and since the cloth on each 
reel costs about $40, one can understand the value of the fumigation if 
considered only from the standpoint of the reels alone, 
