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OF LOUISIANA. 



ircula/No. 16. June 20, 1907. 



The Circulars of the State Crop Pest Commission are sent free of charge to 

 all farmers and fruit growers of Louisiana who make application therefor. 



THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN SOLVING THE 

 BOLL WEEVIL PROBLEM. 



By August Mayer. 



Tlie wisdom of Congress in making appropriations at its 

 last two sessions for the eradication of the Texas fever cattle tick 

 is qnite apparent from the animal report of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, as it is also from personal observation to those liv- 

 ing within the affected territory who have taken an active inter- 

 est in this momentous movement against what is perhaps the 

 greatest enemy to American agriculture. I dare say that the in- 

 terest aroused among Southern agriculturists and stockmen par- 

 ticularly, and to a great extent the people generally, in this new 

 v/ork has surprised even the most sanguine of those responsible 

 for the war against the tick. The short campaign of only a 

 few months' duration conducted by the Department of Agri- 

 culture, with only very limited means at its command, has proven 

 that the work authorized by Congress was well timed, and that 

 the greatest good may be expected from continued and larger 

 agitation and practical work under the direction of the Agricul- 

 tural Department. It needs only the cordial support of Congress 

 for several years and the National Department of Agriculture, 

 with co-operation of the several infested states, and we will 

 drive this costly pest from our continent. 



INIoreover, we are not certain but what even more compre- 



