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"Yet the warehousing of household goods is so modern as to have its 
entire history spread out in the view of men still living... Itis 
@ creation in America of the past half century and its great expansion 
dates from the opening of the present century. 
"The development of the household goods warehousing industry in the 
United States and Canada has no parallel elsewhere in the world. 
_ "American household goods depositories are unsurpassed in security, 
convenience and equipment, end their number and size.are a source of 
astonishient to visitors from other countries, 
“This is partly and perhaps principally due to the rapid development 
-of North America; the increase in wealth, the rapid growth of cities, and 
the restlessness of our population. It is also due in some part to the 
genius of the household zoods warehousemen in increasing and perfecting 
their facilities, making it more and more safe, satisfactory and con- 
venient to occasionally deposit all or part of the household eg 
in storage. 
"FWifty years ago there was not in the North American coumenete a 
single fireproof warehouse for household goods, There were in fact few, 
if any, warehouses constructed especially for this purpose. Twenty-five 
years ago even there were less than e score of get eee depositories, 
while today there are neerly 300 modern fireproof warehouses constructed 
especially for the storage of household effects, the largest having a 
cubic capacity of 6,500,000 feet, or epproximately enough space in which 
to store the average furniture from <0,000 house rooms." 
SOUTHERN FIELD-CROP INSiCT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. Le Webb, Associate Entomologist, Acting in Charge 
E. We Laake, of the Dallas, Tex., Laboratory, visited Washington 
for several days in January. 
F. S. Chamberlin, Quincy, Fla., attended the South Georgia Tobacco 
conference at Tifton, Ga., January <3, where tobacco insect control was 
discussed. : 
Dr. G. li, Armstrong, of the Florence, S. C., Station, ‘spent a few 
days in Washington in the last week of January. 
H. Bennett Johnston, of the ellcor ne Laboratories, Khartum, Africa, 
Entomologist for the Sudan Government, visited the Tallulah Lavoratory 
January 5 and 6, acquiring information on cotton insects and methods 
developed by the Department for their control. 
Me 6 in os Wikolsky, - Chief of tne aes citar! Section, Moscow 
Tropical Institute, lioscow, Russia, vigited the Delta Laboratory, Tallulah, 
La., January 16 to 19, and was highly pleased with his oppor tunity to 
study the work of the laboratory. 
