MONTHLY LiTTER OF THE BUREAU CF ENTOMOLOGY 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF sGRICULTUPE 


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Number £55 (Not for publication) December 1933 

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PLANT DISEASE CONTROL BE COMES ParT OF BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
Under date of November 29 pamee eng. Wallace anounced the estab- 
lishment of a Division of Plant Disease “radication snd Control in 
the Bureau of Entomology. The work of this division will include the 
eradication and control of phony peach disease, white pine blister 
rust, barberry, citrus canker, and Dutch elm disease heretofore car- 
ried on in the Bureau of Plant Industry. The work of the division 
will be directed by Karl F. fellerman, who is well known in the De- 
partment ana who has to his credit a list of notable achievements 
among which ars outstanding accomplishments in the field of plant- 
disease eradication. Federal Civil Works projects are under wey for 
the control of the Dutch elm disease, citrus canker, end phony peach 
disease. These and certain other foatures of the work are now being 
handled through the offices of the Burcau of Entomology , although 
full transfer will not become effective until January 1, 1934. 
THE WORK UNDER STORED PRODUCT AWD HOUSEHOLD INSECTS TO BE DIS- 
TRIBUTED ANONG OTHER D. 
In solving many problems incident to the control of insects at- 
tacking agricultural prodicts in storage it is necessary to study 
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the product in the fieia where it may have become pe Under 
these conditions soms of the work may overlap that carried on in 
other divisions. Many common household insects are Ss gel 
cause they affect or annoy man. Many pnases of the investigations 
on such PAP are Lage gat related to those concerned with the house 
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studied in uae Division of Piaacte Affecting Man and Animals. Any 
effort to group the diversified work on insects aflecting man and his 
crops is, at best, more. or less arbitrary. Jt is believed, however, 
that investigations can be better coordinated if the aroblens relat- 
ing to the insects affecting a parvicular ercp, cr products manufac- 
tured from it, are wnifisa, ratner than dividea on tne basis of 
whether the injury be most evident in the field, in the granary or 
other storage place, or in the mili or aaa The Division of 
Stored Pruduct and Household Iasects will be discontinued at an 
early date anc the work assignec to other Hit eepdies ictivities con- 
cerned with licuschold pests will be assigned te the Division of In- 
