Louisiana — Circular No. 13. 



pests and their natural enemies. Mr. Hine's report upon his 

 investigations for the past year has been submitted to the Secre- 

 tary, and is a valuable scientific work, but on account of our 

 present shortage of funds the Secretary has some hesitancy in 

 ordering same printed. 



The horse fly investigation, while of great importance to 

 the live stock interests, will have to be suspended for lack of 

 money to carry on the work. 



CIRCULARS AWAITING PUBLICATION. 



The Secretary and his assistants have manuscripts ready for 

 publication upon a variety of important subjects relative to the 

 injurious insects of the State, but for lack of funds they cannot 

 at present be issued. Among these may be mentioned the fol- 

 lowing : 



"Report upon Experiments in the Late Planting of Cotton, 

 with a View to Averting Damage by the Boll Weevil." 



"The White Fly of the Orange and Its Treatment." 



"Second Report upon the Horseflies of Louisiana." 



"The Use of Carbon Bisulphide for the Destruction of Gar- 

 den and Household Insects." 



' * Control of the Peach Tree Borer. ' ' 



"Methods for Destroying Ants, and Preventing Damage bv 

 Them." 



"The Sweet Potato Weevil." 



In addition to these, accumulated notes and results wi'l 

 shortly enable rs to have ready other papers of immediate pr;;.'- 

 tieal importance. 



NURSERY AND ORCHARD INSPECTION WORK. 



I am pleased to report that the work of the Commission vi 

 the inspection of nurseries and in protecting fruit growers hy 

 pj'ohibiting the sale of trees infested with San Jose scale and 

 other dangerous insects, has been highly appreciated over tli ; 

 entire State. The San Jose scale has been completely eradicate') 

 from several important nurseries where it had obtained a fo(»t- 

 hold, and under the protection given by the Commission's regu- 

 lations increased investments in orchards have been made hi 

 many localities. During the past year the nursery business of 



