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This experimental field, of 45 acres, gave 730lbs seed cotton per 

 acre, of excellent lint, and would have given a better return if the 

 plants were put in less space (15 square feet) as other experiments, 

 made in this parish, have proved. 



Both Seabrook's and River's varieties of Sea Island Cotton were 

 planted. The Stainer Bugs frequented the Seabrook's plants 

 more than they did the River's, and stained the former more than 

 the latter. 



I forward you some Stainer Bugs, and will collect and accu- 

 rately describe the moths and caterpillars later on in the year. 



Note by Dr. Cousins. 

 I am convinced that Paris Green would be far more effective 

 where it is not possible to apply it in powder owing to the breeze 

 and the dry foliage of the plants preventing its adherence, if a 

 proper spraying outfit were employed. I suggest a 40-gallon 

 barrel machine drawn by a mule with one man to work the pump 

 and two leads so that two rows could be sprayed at once. It 

 might be well to plant every fourth row half as wide again as the 

 rest to allow free room for the machine to go up and down in the 

 intervals and permit of the underside of the foliage being thorough- 

 ly sprayed with a double cyclone nozzle. 



A = Interval. 



H. H. Cousins. 

 5.6.05. 



Note by Editor. 

 No danger from the cotton worm is to be feared, if some one is sent through 

 the fields at day dawn every second day, whose duty it is, as soon as the spots 

 eaten out by the young worm are noticed, to shake a bag containing dry Paris 

 Green over the plant attacked. If applied before the worm has grown longer 

 than a quarter of an inch, Paris Green is quite effective, but it is wasted if ap 

 plied at a later period of its growth, or on plants that are not a+ tacked. In the 

 other West Indian Islands lime is mixed in the proportion of Gibs, to lib. with 

 the Paris Gieen ; but the lime is not of any use except as evidence of dusting 

 over the plant, and has been discontinued in the Sea Islands of S. Carolina. It 

 has been suggested that a small reward might be given in addition to the ordi- 

 nary paj for e:ich discovery of an attack. For method of application of Paris 

 Green, see letter from the Cotton Expert, Mr. Wm. B. Seabrook, Bulletin of 

 Department of Agriculture, Vol. II. July, 1904, page 169. 



III. 



EXPENDITURE AND RECEIPTS. 



The following figures of cost of cultivation and receipts per acre 

 should encourage planters to try cotton wherever conditions are 

 suitable. The figures are taken from actual accounts kindly 

 supplied by the planter. No account is taken of value of land, 

 stock, and other expenses. 



