The State Crop Pest Commission of Louisiana 



Was established by the Extra Session of the Louisiana Legisla- 

 ture of 1903, by Act No. 6, Approved December 15th, 1903, for 

 the purpose of promulgating and enforcing Eules and Regula- 

 tions intended to prevent the introduction and H ; , semination of 

 n^ects and diseases inimical to the crops and fnrts of the State, 

 to investigate seriously injurious insects or diseases occurring 

 within the State, to devise ways and means for their control or 

 eradication and to publish bulletins and in other ways dissemi- 

 nate information regarding the insects and diseases injurious to 

 fruits, crops, etc. 



The Circulars of the Commission are issued from time to 

 time as the result of the investigations being made and 

 whenever such publication is deemed advisable in order to place 

 reliable information in the hands of planters, fruit-growers and 

 farmers regarding certain injurious insects or diseases. These 

 Circulars are sent free of charge to all farmers and fruit-grow- 

 ers in the State who make application therefor. Applications for 

 these Circulars, as well as for copies of the Regulations of the 

 Crop Pest Commission, or of the Act No. 6 establishing the Com- 

 mission, when these latter are desired, should be made to the 

 Secretary of the Commission (Baton Rouge, La.). 



Circular No. 3, November, 1905, contains a discussion of the 

 cultural remedies to be used against the boll weevil and should 

 be secured by every cotton planter and farmer in the State of 

 Louisiana. 



Circular No. 4, December, 1905, describes the San Jose scale, 

 a serious insect enemy of fruit trees, and gives the means by 

 which it may be controlled. All fruit-growers should write, to 

 the Secretary of the Commission for a copy. 



Circular No. 5, January, 1906, contains a general discussion 

 of the boll weevil situation, and the lines along which Louisiana's 

 campaign against this insect is being conducted. 



