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IO2 KfrAPP METHOD OF GROWING COTTON 



several times during the season. The poison 

 generally used for this purpose is dry Paris- 

 green, which is sprinkled over the plants, 

 preferably in the early morning while the dew is 

 still on them. The boll-worm never attacks 

 nor injures cotton except in the bloom and 

 small boll. 



A single moth may lay as many as one thou- 

 sand eggs. The eggs are laid on all parts of 

 the plant, but especially on the leaves. After 

 the worm hatches it feeds on the tender leaves 

 until strong enough to cut into a boll. Each 

 worm will destroy the contents of one or more 

 bolls. When full grown the worm drops to 

 the ground, and burrows two or three inches 

 below the surface, where it remains until it 

 emerges as a full grown moth. There will 

 usually be from four to five generations in a 

 season. 



The boll-worm passes the winter in the ground 

 in the pupa stage. Many of these insects can 

 be destroyed by breaking the land deep in the 

 fall or early winter. 



The Cotton Caterpillar. This is one of the 

 earliest insect enemies of cotton in the United 

 States. It is sometimes known as the "web- 



