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The appointments of the following field assistants have been ter— 
minated: C. W. Getzendaner, Alhambra, Calif., W. F. Ssenette, Baton 
mouge, La., 0. R. Causey, Chadbourn, N. C., C. H. smith, Richfield, Utah, 
Herman Beerman, Philadelphia, Pa., H. C. Mason, Columbus, Ohio, and T. E. 
Bronson, Madison, Wis. 
The following field assistants have resigned: , P.sabs Kirkersidre. 
Toppenish, Wash., and D. M. Delong and D. F. Miller, Columbus, Ohio. 
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A A A SN A aR SN EE ce 
CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
W. H. Larrimer, in Charge 
Dr. Bernard Trouvelot, of the Institut des Recherches Agronom— 
iques, Versailles, and Dr. Filippo Silvestri, R. Scuola Superiore di 
Agricoltura, Portici, Italy, visited the Forest Grove, Ores., laboratory 
on August 31 and September 2, respectively. 
Dr. Paul Vayssiére, assistant director of the Station Entomolo-— 
gique of Paris, visited the New Orleans, La., field laboratory on Septem— 
mero, / and 8: J. W. Ingram, in charge of the sublaboratory at Crowley, 
La., was also present. 
The Fourth Annual Conference of the International European Corn 
Borer Organization was held September 27 and 28, 1928. September 27 
was spent at the European Corn Borer Development Farm, about 10 miles 
east of Toledo, Ohio, and at the Ohio State plots. Several fields where 
infestation of the European corn borer was most serious were also vis-— 
ited. The forenoon of September 28 was spent at the Federal and State 
laboratories at Monroe, Mich., and the general conference was held at 
Toledo in the afternoon. Preceding the general conference, committees 
representing the American Association of Economic Entomologists, The 
American Society of Agronomy, The American Society of Agricultural En- 
gineers, and the American Farm Economic Association, spent three days in 
the field, investigating the corn borer situation. The joint report of 
these committees was presented at the general session of the conference 
on Friday afternoon. This report gave in considerable detail recommenda— 
tions as to the needs for research on the Buropean corn borer. There were 
approximately 150 in attendance at the general conference, consisting of 
scientists, administrative officials, and farmers interested in the gen- 
eral corn borer problem. 
