MOSAIC OF SUGAE CANE AND OTHER GRASSES, 
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State legislation prohibiting the importing of cane into them from 
any source whatever until such time as it can be accompanied by an 
authentic certification of health. Such areas include the entire 
Bayou Teche district and the parishes to the north in Louisiana, 
consisting of St. Mary, Iberia, Vermilion, Lafayette, St. Martin, 
Acadia, St. Landry, Avoyelles, and Rapides. This is, of course, 
the most important disease-free area. (Fig. 2.) Other similar 
LOUISIANA 
Fig. 3.— Map of Louisiana, showing the location of diseased areas of sugar cane in that State. 
areas are the entire State of Mississippi with the exception of Biloxi; 
the entire State of Alabama except a small locality near Muscogee, 
Fla. ; the entire State of Georgia except Grady County; and all parts 
of Florida other than those indicated in figure 4. 
ERADICATION.! 
Where the disease is present in small amount' and in few well- 
defined areas, the possibility of quick and complete eradication 
exists. Such conditions are found in Mississippi, Alabama, and 
Florida. (See fig. 1.) The cane in these areas should all be ground 
during the present harvesting season and the stubble plowed up. 
As a precautionary measure, some crop other than a grass should 
be grown on the land for one year, after which cane may again be 
grown with safety. The two small infested areas in Alabama and 
1 In so far as it applies to the regions indicated, we concur in this suggestion by Mr. Wilmon Newell, 
Plant Commissioner of Florida. 
