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regret to state that except for the work being done by the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture that practically nothing is being done for its 

 control either by the enforcement of the law or by the education of 

 the people. The outlook for any possible control of the gipsy moth 

 in southern New Hampshire is exceedingly dark and we are inclined 

 to the belief that the only result possible is a very general and wide- 

 spread destruction of the timber in southern New Hampshire, particu- 

 larly the white pine, upon seeing which the people will probably awake 

 to the necessity of handling such problems in a thoro going and 

 scientific manner. The boll weevil has been a great blessing to Texas. 

 We have already seen a considerable benefit from the brown-tail moth 

 in New Hampshire in compelling the care of neglected orchards and 

 the destruction of scattering trees. It is quite probable that the 

 gipsy moth may be the means of arousing an appreciation of the 

 value of our timber and shade trees and the rational growth and 

 care of farm woodlots. 



INSECTS NOTABLY INJURIOUS IN LOUISIANA DURING 



1908 AND 1909 



By Arthur H. Rosexfeld. Baton Rouge, La. 



This article is prepared as a sort of continuation of the article by 

 Mr. Wilmon Newell and the author, published in Volume 1 of the 

 Journal of Economic Entomology.^ We realize that a paper of this 

 nature is not of particular interest at a meeting of this kind, nor does 

 it require a great amount of scientific acumen to prepare such an 

 article ; however, we think that the value of such papers for reference 

 use justifies their presentation here. 



Cotton Insects 



Practically the entire cotton area of Louisana, embracing some 

 34,000 square miles, is now infested with the boll-weevil, Anthono- 

 mus grandis Boh. As a result, the cotton acreage of the state has 

 been much reduced, and this season Louisiana has made the shortest 

 crop in all of her history — about 273,000 bales, against 517,000 in 

 1908, 610,724 in 1907, and 769,222 in 1906. 



The boll-worm, Heliothis ohsoleta Fab., has been, as usual, pres- 

 ent in all parts of the state, but has not been particularly severe 

 during the past two years. 



* "A Brief Summary of the More Important Injurious Insects of Louisiana," 

 Jour. E. E., Vol. I, page 150. 



