Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (1913-1923.) (20499740315)

Title: Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Identifier: bulletinofusdep826850unit (find matches)
Year: 1913-1923. (1910s)
Authors: United States. Dept. of Agriculture
Subjects: Agriculture; Agriculture
Publisher: (Washington, D. C. ?) : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: American Museum of Natural History Library

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MOSAIC OF SUGAR CANE AND OTHER GRASSES. 23 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
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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.

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