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INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND ANIMALS 
F. C. Bishopp, in Charge 
H. S. Peters attended the sessions of the American Ornithologists' 
Union at Philadelphia, October 23 to October 25. 
On October 11 the insectary building at Mound, La., which housed 
a Ford truck, a Kohler light plant, and various items of laboratory 
equipment, was destroyed by fire. The fire evidently started from a 
short circuit or defective wiring in the truck. The fire was brought 
to the attention of the men at the laboratory about 1l o'clock at night 
by the blowing of the Ford horn, resulting either from the short circuit 
or the heat. Loss of the truck, light plant, and equipment was complete. 
D. C. Parman left Uvalde, Tex., October 20 and arrived at Coa~ 
chella, Calif., October 24, He visited ranches along the way, stops 
being made at Alpine, Tex., Safford and Duncan, Ariz., and Blythe, Calif... 
to make observations on blowfly parasites and flies affecting animals. 
W. G. Bruce assisted the Office of Exhibits at the fairs on the 
Southern circuit at Bethany, Mo., and Tulsa and Muskogee, Okla., at 
each of which the Department of “Agriculture displayed special exhibits. 
Among these was the exhibit relating to lice and mites of poultry, in 
which Mr. Bruce reports there was much interest shown. At the conclu- 
Sion of the fair at Muskogee on October 5 Mr. Bruce went to Manhattan 
and various other points in Kansas to conduct studies of stable flies 
and other pests of livestock. 
On October 17 R. W. Wells left his station at Galesburg, I1l., 
for Dallas, Tex., where he will conduct, in cooperation with the Bureau 
of Animal Industry, tests with various insecticides against the cattle 
grub. En route south Mr. Wells made status examinations of the cattle 
grub and other livestock parasites at various points in Missouri, Okla- 
-homa, and northwestern Texas. He also conferred with Dr. Marion Imes 
and other representatives of the Bureau of Animal Industry at Kansas 
City. 
Dr. Maurice C. Hall visited the Dallas laboratory on October 
19, in company with Drs. Grove and Darby, of the Fort Worth office of 
the Bureau of Animal Industry. 
Dr. C. J. Drake, of Iowa State College, visited the Washington 
office on October 31 and discussed with members of the staff the pigeon- 
fly problem and various other problems relating to insect pests of 
poultry and livestock. 
