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On September 14 Dr. W. V. Balduf, of the Department of Entomology, 
University of Illinois, visited the Laboratory to inspect the parasite 
work carried on there. 
RE ee ee ee ca mee SE RE TER ae eS ES NE ED SNE SEN CEN ae AER eS oe ee 
CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECTS 
W. H. Larrimer, in Charge 
Dr. W. J. Phillips, in charge of the field laboratory at Char= 
lottesville, Va., spent September 5 in the Washington office, 
In September appointments as Junior Entomologist have been given 
Merrill M. Darley, for duty at Salt Lake City, Utah, and Sam 0. Hill, 
for duty at Arlington, Mass. 
W. R. Walton made a tour of inspection of the corn—borer research 
work and general conditions in Ohio, Michigan, and southern Ontario, 
Canada, during the period September 18 to 21, inclusive. Accompanied by 
D. J. Caffrey he visited the laboratory and developmental farm at Toledo, 
Ohio, and the experimental plats and laboratory at Sandusky, Ohio, and 
examined the general laboratory and parasite work conducted at Monroe, 
Mich. One day was spent inspecting the conditions of infestation in 
Kent and Essex Counties in Ontario. . 
Dr. W. H. Larrimer spent September 20 to 28 in the vicinity of 
Toledo, Ohio, and Monroe, Mich., on business relating to the meetings 
of the Joint Committees on corn-borer research. These committees held 
their regular conference at Toledo September 25 to 28. Various State 
regulatory officials were invited to attend the conference, together with 
well-known farmers and educators from various parts of the Corn Belt. No 
general conference was held this year. However, arrangements were made 
to receive individuals or groups at 615 Front Street, Toledo, the head- 
quarters for corn-borer control, and direct them over the corn-borer area 
very much as has been done heretofore. The attendance at the regular 
conferences on the corn borer in recent years has been so great as to be- 
come unwieldy, inconvenient, and unduly expensive, both to those attending 
these conferences and to those making arrangements for the tours of in- 
Spection over the infested area. State delegations and other groups 
have therefore found it more convenient to visit the corn—borer area at 
SOQuwe time other than that of the general field conference, in order to 
make the most out of the time and expense involved in such a trips 
