State Crop Pest Commission 



OF 

 LOUISIANA 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 



Baton Rouge, La., February 15, 1906. 



The discovery, in July, 1903, of the boll weevil in a cotton 

 patch upon the grounds of the Audubon Park Experiment Sta- 

 tion, at New Orleans, forcibly attracted the attention of the 

 entire State to a new danger which threatened the future suc- 

 cess of her most important crop. 



The "Special Session of the Legislature which convened in 

 December, 1903, passed an Act establishing the State Crop Pest 

 Commission, to consist of the Governor of the State, the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture, the Director of the Louisiana State 

 ('Diversity Experiment Stations, two practical cotton planters 

 and the Entomologist of the State Experiment Stations. The Act 

 creating this Commission wisely vested in at the power of 

 making and enforcing quarantine regulations to prevent the 

 introduction and dissemination of dangerous insects and dis- 

 eases of crops and fruits, and to investigate and devise remedies 

 for such. 



This law has proved to be, undoubtedly, the most conserva- 

 tive, yet far-reaching, practical and effective law for the con- 

 trol of crop pests and diseases that has ever been adopted in 

 sjjiy state or country. 



Following the approval of this Act. the Commission or- 

 ganized and held its first meeting at Baton Rouge on February 

 f> 1904. 



At this meeting Prof. IT. A. Morgan. Entomologist of the 

 State Experiment Stations, was elected Secretary of the Commis- 



