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E. A. Back, in Charge 
Late in August and in the early part of September Dr. Back vis— 
ited the field-pea regions of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, and, at 
the request of Director Jardine, of the Oregon Experiment Station, vis-— 
jted with Mr. Don Mote the terminal grain elevators and warehouses of 
the city of Portland. While in the Northwest Dr. Back visited a num- 
per ot establishments conducting work of interest to the Division. 
Lawrence M. Fenwick, of Falls Church, Va., is now attending George 
Washington University, his appointment as Field Assistant in the Bureau 
having terminated September 16, 
W. D. Reed and Perez Simmons attended a meeting of the State Fig 
Clean-up Committee, held October 8 in the office of the ‘gricultural 
Commissioner at Fresno, Calif. On October 9 Mr. Simmons attended, at 
Madera, the final committee meeting of the Fig Institute of California. 
Newell E. Good, who received his B. A. Degree from George Washi. g— 
ton University last June, was appointed Junior Entomologist October 1, 
and assigned to Grain-Insect Investigations, with headquarters at Sligo, 
Md. He will make a special study of the biology of flour beetles. Mr. 
Good was formerly employed by the Bureau of Animal Industry. 
On October ] Dr. Back was a guest of one of the prominent stor— 
age warehouses in Philadelphia and witnessed a commercial application 
of a mothproofing solution. Treated materials were brought to Washing- 
ton for comparison with fabrics treated in the laboratory. 
The Dinuba (Calif.) Sentinel of October 17 published an account 
of an explosion and fire which occurred in.a box car loaded with dried 
figs. The explosion occurred while two men were in the rear end of the 
car, pouring carbon disulphide. A third person was at the front end at 
the same time. All three men "Staggered, crawled and dragged themselves 
from a bursting hell of flames and gas," according to the news reporter, 
who adds that all survived their minor burns. An investigation is being 
made into the cause of the explosion. 
R. T. Cotton spent October 21 in Toledo, Ohio, investigating the 
results of a commercial fumigation of a large elevator bin with ethylene 
oxide. 
The temporary appointment of George B. Wagner as Assistant Ento-—- 
mologist was terminated October 21, and on October 22 he was appointed 
as Agent in cooperation with the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. 
No change in duties is involved in the change in title; Mr Wagner con— 
tinues his work on the control of insects in flour mills, with headquar— 
ters at Manhattan, Kans. 

