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order that the problems with which the Commission has had 

 to deal may be more clearly understood. 



The boll weevil first reached Louisiana in 1903. In all prob- 

 ability the 1903 infestation was by a migratory flight,* although 

 some little evidence that the insect was introduced in other wnyi 

 A R h A f\ s A s 



Fit;. 1. Area in Louisiana infested by the boll weeril in December, 1903 

 <the small area shown in western part of Sabine Parish) ; and area infested In 

 December, 1904 (total shaded area). 



is not entirely wanting. The territory which was known to be 

 infested in the fall of 1903 is shown upon the m-'.p in Kiinuv 1. 

 the infested area comprising a comparatively small area in the 

 western portion of Sabine Parish. 



*With exception of the outbreak discovered upon the grounds of (he Lou- 

 isiana Experiment Station at Audubon Park. New Orleans, in July. I'.MI;:. the 

 weevils in this case having evidently been maliciously introduced. This out- 

 break was completely exterminated by the officials in charge of the Station. 



