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GIPSY. MOTH aND BROWN-TalIi, MOTH INVESTIGATIONS 
Ae F. Burgess, Senior Rntomologist, in Charge 
Ae F, Burgess spent the week of March 1 and the last pert of the fol- 
lowing week in washington. 
On March 3O a. F, Burgess gave a 15-minute talk on "The Gipsy Moth," 
as part of the Burgess Radio Nature League program from the westinghouse Radio 
Station wBZ. 
He Le McIntyre, Supervisor of Gipsy Moth Control of the New York Cone 
Servation Commission, spent april 8 and 9 at the Melrose Otfice, where a 
conference was held to discuss the progress of work in the barricr zone and to 
formulate plans for future work, 
The Secretary of agriculture, Hon. we Me Jardine, with Messrs. Me Se 
EBisennower and FE, H. Swing, visited the GADAY, Moth Office and Laboratory at 
Melrose Hignlands on april 8, 
Prof. a. L, Melander, of the College of the City of New York, and hirs, 
Melander ad Prof. C. T. Brues, of the Bussey Institute, and Mrs. Brues, visi- 
ted the Gipsy Moth Laboratory in aprile L. G. Bauzhofer, of the Division of 
Forest Insects, also stopped at the Lanoratory recently. 
Se Se Crossman spent part of the day of april 14 with HK. L. NeIntyres 
at albany, Ne Y., and the 15th and 16th in w ashington in connection with gipsy 
moth investigations, 
; C. We Collins end D. F. Barnes spent April 19 at albany, Ne Y., with 
Dre He P. Felt and H. Le. McIntyre, discussing probloms connected with experi- 
ments in balloon drifting which are to be conducted this spring. 
Me Te Smulyan was in washington april ZO and 21 in consultation with 
Se Ae Rohwer and others at the United States National Museun,. 
' Ss Je Dennis, of the Division of agricultural Imgineering, Burcau of 
Public Roads, has been temporarily transferred to the Gipsy Moth and Brown—tail 
Moth work to investigate possible improvements in refrigeration equipment needed 
at the Laboratory, and in connection with developing improvements on the 
present spraying and dusting apparatus used in artificial control work, 
Ae Pe Burgess, I » Le Blaisdell, and J. Ne Sumaers spent several days in 
the week of april 25 investigating conditions in the barrier zone and in border 
ing towns. By previous arrangaacnt Harold L. Bailey, Intomologist of the Ver 
mont Department of agriculture, was met at Brattleboro, and several bad in- 
festations east of the barrier zone were inspedted and arrangements completed 
for conducting cooperative control work to prevent spread from these colonics, 
In the course of the trip a conference was held at Pouses Point, N. Ye, with 
Le S. McLaine and S. H. Short, of the Entomological Branch, Department of agri- 
culture, Ottawa, Canada, and the work in the barricr zone and in the Canadian 
territory was thoroughly discusscd. 
