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The caterpillar strips the stock of all its foliage, squares, blooms, and bolls 
below the size of half-grown, and the calyx from the grown bolls. At present 
we cannot accurately determine the loss occasioned by them. 
Clay county, Alabama.—The army-worm has entirely stripped our cotton, 
Not a leaf or young boll remains, which will cut off the yield considerably. 
We cannot possibly realize over half a crop. 
Montgomery county, Alabama.—l fear our cotton is damaged by the early 
visitation of the cotton caterpillar more than three-tenths below the average of . 
last year. Fall unfavorable for gathering; more rain than usual. 
Opelika, Alabama.—Cotton-worms appeared on the 10th of September, and 
by the 17th whole fields were leafless. Near houses, chickens and hogs ate the 
worms greedily without injury to the plants, and might be a complete remedy, 
if in sufficient numbers to go over the fields. By the end of the month the 
worms were gone, and the damage seems less than was feared. 
Greene Springs, Alabama.—By the 25th of September the army-worm 
destroyed every green leaf and young boll of cotton, reducing the crop one-third 
or one-half. 
Lawrence county, Alabama.—Cotton has been injured by the late rains, and 
also by the caterpillar. In some sections the caterpillar has destroyed half 
the crop. 
Baine countu, Alabama.—The army-worm has eaten all the leaves off the 
cotton and some of the young pods; the extent of injury is not fully known yet. 
St. Clair county, Alabama.—Cotton promised over an average in this section, 
but has been cut off perhaps one-third by the army-worm. 
Marshall county, Alabama.—The boll or army worm has made its appear- 
ance in this locality. It is very destructive, first making its appearance about 
two weeks ago, eating off the leaves, and they have now commenced eating the 
young bolls. If they continue as they have begun the consequence will be but 
little over half a crop. There will probably be about 2,500 bales raised in this 
county this year, if the army-worm is not too destructive. 
Conecuh county, Alabama.—The cotton fields have been stripped of every 
leaf for the last ten days, and one would think that it was dead winter to look 
at a cotton plantation in this section of country. Not one field or plantation 
has escaped their ravages, and it is a well-conceded fact that there will not be 
more than a half crop made, and I doubt very much if that much. 
Leake county, Mossissippi.—The ectton will not be more than half a crop, 
owing to boll-worms and caterpillars, together with heavy rains, which have 
caused the cotton to rot. 
Winston county, Mississippt.—The worms and rain have pretty well destroyed 
the cotton crop. 
Attala county, Mississippi—Cotton was never poorer; eaten up by boll- 
worms and caterpillars; can’t make more than half a crop. 
Washington county, Mississippi—The average condition of the cotton erop 
in this county is about seven-tenths. The rains and the worms have damaged 
it during the month. 
Amite county, Mississippi—Acreage of cotton much less, but far superior to 
last year in yield. 
Pike county, Mississippi—t have reduced my estimate of the cotton crop, in 
consequence of the ravages of the army worms. They have appeared much 
later and in less numbers than last year, and their ravages have been partial, 
one plantation being affected while an adjoining one entirely escapes. One 
part of a field would be destroyed, while another would not be affected. They 
made their appearance about the 5th of September, and webbed up in some 20 
days. There is 25 per cent. less acreage this year than last, but the crop is 
25 per cent. better. 
