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speetors iu the parish to study conditions and instruct each and 

 every farmer in the parish how to proceed in order to eradicate 

 the ticks on his premises. It is proposed to make this work 

 largely, if not entirely, educational during the first few months, 

 and to induce owners of premises, by "moral suasion" rather 

 than by the enforcement of legal measures, to eradicate the ticks. 

 Regulations for the quarantining of infested premises, etc., 

 Tvill, however, eventually be necessary for the protection of the 

 farmers who have cleared their premises of the ticks, and I 

 would urge this Commission to adopt such regulations now in 

 order that they may be invoked when needed. Federal employes, 

 as such, cannot enforce quarantine measures within the State, 

 and it will therefore be necessary for this Commission to adopt 

 ^nd enforce all quarantine regulations necessary to the suc- 

 cessful prosecution of this work. Federal employes engaged in 

 the work of tick eradication in Louisiana should be appointed in- 

 spectors of this Commission in order that they may have author- 

 ity to enter premises for inspecting cattle and for enforcing 

 quarantine when such becomes necessary, and I would recom- 

 mend that provision for such appointments be made at your 

 present meeting. 



Respectfully submitted, 



WILMON NEWELL, Secretary. 

 Baton Rouge, La., April 11, 1907. 



