State Crop Pest Commission 



Of Louisiana. 



CIRCULAR No. j~ NOVEMBER 1905 



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 REMEDY FOR THE BOLL WEEVIL. 



BY WILMON NEWELL. 



Although the Crop Pest Commission of Louisiana contem- 

 plates publishing a full and complete report upon the investiga- 

 tions made in connection with the boll weevil during the past 

 two seasons, giving the results obtained by extensive and quite 

 conclusive experiments with both Paris green and the cultural 

 measures, it appears advisable to issue at present a brief circu- 

 lar of information regarding the main steps embodied in the 

 cultural remedy. 



The compilation and illustration of the larger report referred 

 to, will of necessity be delayed until the season's field work has 

 been completed, which will not be prior to January 1, 1906, and 

 after that date the preparation and distribution of the bulletin 

 will require several weeks of work. It is the desire of the Com- 

 mission to place accurate information in the hands of all the 

 farmers in the weevil-infested territory at as early a date as 

 possible, especially as the weevil, by its migratory flight east- 

 ward, has occupied considerable territory in which it has not 

 heretofore been known, and in which the farmers have had no 

 experience or instruction in the methods that must be employed 

 to successfully produce cotton in spite of this pest. 



The majority of progressive farmers plan their season's 

 work several months in advance, and in the boll weevil section, 

 the farmer will find it advisable to have a thorough knowledge 

 of the cultural remedy in order to properly plan his work for 

 the season of 1906. For this reason the present circular is is- 

 sued, to be followed later by a more complete report. 



The territory in Louisiana, occupied by the boll weevil up 

 to December, 1904, is shown by Fig. 2. The territory occupied 



