State Crop Pest Commission 
OF LOUISIANA. 
CIRCULAR/ No. 12. March, 1907. 
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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. 
REPORT ON THE NURSERY INSPECTION WORK OF 
THE STATE CROP PEST COMMISSION FOR THE 
SEASON OF 1906-07. 
BY WILMON NEWELL AND ARTHUR H. ROSENFELD. 
One of the most important lines of work conducted by the 
Crop Pest Commission is that of preventing the introduction of 
dangerous insect pests into the orchards of our commercial fruit 
erowers and farmers. Nursery stock is the vehicle upon which 
the majority of our worst fruit enemies obtain access to the 
cerchard, and the importance of having the nurseries free of dis- 
ease and deadly insect enemies must be self-evident to every 
thinking fruit grower. 
The present report upon the nursery inspection work con- 
ducted during the past year is submitted for the joint purpose 
ot! familiarizing the fruit growers with what is being accom- 
plished for their protection and placing in their hands informa- 
tion which will enable them to the more thoroughly co-operat+ 
with the Commission in protecting themselves and incidentally 
the State’s important fruit interests. 
As the present paper is the first report made upon this branch 
of our work, it may not be out of place to first explain, briefly, 
the purpose and objects of the Commission’s regulations govern- 
ing the sale and shipment of nursery stock in Louisiana. 
