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On June 8 and 9 Dr. Back was in New York City, atterding demon- 
strations in several of the world's largest storage warehouses. 
On June 17 C. K, Fisher gave a talk on the bean weevil situation 
in Stanislaus County before the Golden Vest Farm Center in San Joaquin 
County. This is one of numercus talks given by Messers. Larson and Fisher 
on the problem of the bean weevil. 
__.. The paper by Perez Simmons and W. D. Reed, on insect infestation of 
dried figs, read at recent Pomona meetings, has been mimeographed at the 
request and expense of:the California Dried Fruit Association for inm- 
mediate distribution to the Association's membership. Among other things, 
Simmons and Reed are getting some very interesting data on the biology 
of the dried-fruit beetle. One beetle had laid about 900 eggs at the 
time the paper was written. Ina trap devised by Mr. Simmons 38,500 dried- 
fruit beetles were caught in a 35-day period in March and April. 
Dr. J. C. Hamlin, formerly of this office, has been transferred to 
the Division of Cereal and Fora_e Insects to assist G. I. Reeves in in- 
Vestvigations of the alfalfa weevil at Salt Lake City. 
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INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND ANIMALS 
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H. M. Brundrett was appointed Field Assistant on June 1599 to 
Continue studies on fly sprays and spraying apparatus at the Dallas, 
Tex., field laboratory. 
F. C. Bishopp made a survey of the cattle-grub situation in the 
Heeinity of Schenectedy and Albany, N. Y., June 19 to 235, and instituted 
some experimental work there. On June 28, eccomranied by H. M. Brundrett, 
who had come to Washington, he again visited Schenectady, where Mr. Brun= 
drett will spend three weeks conducting studies on cattle grubs. 
DECIDUOUS-FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
A. L. Quaintance, Associate Chief of Bureau, in Charge 
Fred E. Brooks, in charge of the field laboratory at French Creek, 
W. Va., writes that recent visitors at the station were Dr. P. D. Straus- 
beugh, Emerson Carney ardC. L. Erooks, all of the West Virginia Univer- 
sity, at Morgantown. 
B. Elwood Montgomery reported June 16 for duty as Field Assistant 
at the Vincennes, Ind., laboratory. Mr. Montgomery served in the same 
capacity at Vincennes during the summer of 1924. 
