Office of the Director, 



Baton Rouge, La.. Feb. 15, 1906. 



///,v Kxci ll( iicij, (iov. .V. ('. JihiHclKii'd. rnsi(I()it of flic Board of 

 Coiilri)! of ili( (riilf llioloijic Shiliim. Union Bongc. La.: 



Sir — T beu- to siiliiiiit llic r('])()i-t of "Mr. Jas. S. lline of the 

 Viiivt^rsily of Oliio. Cnluiiihiis. ()lii(). upon ''A preliminary re- 

 pott on till' llorsi'riics of Ijouisiana. with a diseussinn of Rem- 

 edies and Xatnra! Kneniies. '" Tiie liorseflies liave always been 

 a soiifc(- of ann.oyarice to fai'ine)-s living' in the coast and alluvial 

 s.eetions of the Stale, 'i'his i n vest iuat ion was undertaken in co- 

 operation with tile liou.isiaiia Crop Pest C^onnnission with a view 

 of deteriiiinini: the brst nietliods for the eradication of these 

 liests. This repoil is heino' j)nblislied conenrrently by the Louis- 

 iana Crop Pest Conniiission as Cireular No. G, under the direc- 

 tion of Secretary Wilmon Kewell. 



Eespectfully submitted, 



B. H. GuiLBEAU, Director. 



