Crop Pest Commission of 



OFFICE WORK AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



The letters received from planters and,^ fruit growers 

 throughout the State continue to increase. The fact that the 

 past winter has been very mild and is being followed by a season 

 favorable to the increase of insects, points to the present season 

 as being one in which insect damage in Louisiana vrill exceed 

 that of any season for many years past. 



At the present time we have in our files letters from 2,750 

 different parties, the bulk of them being bona fide farmers. On 

 our mailing list we have the names of approximately 8,000 

 Louisiana farmers who receive our publications as they are 

 issued. For several months past the correspondence, and office 

 work incident thereto, has been far greater than the one stenog- 

 rapher could attend to and from one to two of the assistant 

 entomologists had to be employed for the major part of their 

 time in answering letters. The congestion of correspondence 

 became so great about the middle of last month that an additional 

 stenographer was employed upon the authorization of the Active 

 Chairman. 



Our expenditures for postage on letters and bulletins now 

 average upwards of $75.00 per month. 



PUBLICATION OF "CIRCULARS." 



Since the last meeting, two bulletins have been published, 

 as follows: , 



Circular No. 10, November, 1906, upon ''The Cattle Tick," 

 was printed in an edition of 15,000 copies, most of Avhich have 

 already been distributed to farmers on our mailing list, and to 

 others through business houses, farmers' meetings, etc. This 

 Circular gave the results of studies made of the life history of 

 the tick by the Commission since August 1, 1905, contained 

 practical recommendations for ridding cattle and pastures of 

 the ticks by rotation methods based upon the experimental work, 

 and pointed out the advantages sure to follow tick eradication. 



Circular No. 11, January, 1907, gave the results of the 

 cultural experiments conducted against the boll weevil during 

 1906. in co-operation with the Bureau of Entomology of the 



