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APPENDICES. 



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 APPENDIX I 347 



REPORTS OF SPECIAL AGENTS AND LOCAL OBSERVERS : 



ReportofA.R. Grote, of Buffalo, N. T 351 



Report of E. A. Schwarz, of Washington, D. C 347 



Report of E. H. Anderson, M. D., of KirTcwood, Miss 352 



Report of Judge W. J. Jones, of Virginia Point, Tex 356 



Report of Prof . J. E. Willet, of Macon, Ga 358 



Report of William Trelease, of Brooklyn, N. Y 361 



APPENDIX II 380 



ANSWERS OF CORRESPONDENTS TO THE 1878 CIRCULAR. 



Earliest year in which cotton was first grown, 380 ; earliest year in which 

 the worm was seen, 384; years of unusual abundance, 388; effects of 

 weather on the insect, 391 ; character of seasons most favorable to its in- 

 crease, 394 ; character of summer and winter preceding severe worm 

 years, 397 ; do wet summers favor its multiplication ? 400 ; effect of weather 

 upon the eggs, 402 ; effect of weather upon the moths, 404 ; month of year 

 when greatest injury is done, 406 ; statistics of losses during notable worm 

 years, 409; prevailing direction and force of wind, 413; direction and 

 force of the wind during February, 416 ; March, 417 ; April, 418 ; May, 

 420 ; June, 421 ; are there winds from the south strong enough to coun- 

 teract the trade winds ? 422 ; the prevailing direction of the wind from 

 July till frost, 425 ; the side of a field on which the worms first begin 

 work, 427 ; effect of local topographical features on extent of ravages, 

 429 ; is there any other food plant ? 432 ; time of year when the moths 

 are first noticed, 435 ; time of year when the worms are first noticed, 437 ; 

 time of year when the last worms are seen, 440 ; number of broods, 442 ; 

 other situations beside cotton leaves in which the worms have been known 

 to spin up, 445 ; has the chrysalis been known to survive a frost, or to be 

 found in a sound and healthy condition in winter ? 448 ; has the moth been 

 found hibernating ? 451 ; how late in the spring has the moth been found 

 alive? 454; vertebrate enemies of the cotton-worm, 456; invertebrate ene- 

 mies, 459 ; estimates of the relative value of poisoned sugar, molasses 

 and vinegar, and fires for killing the moths, 461 ; relative value of sweets 

 smeared upon trees and contained in vessels, 465; what flowers are 

 attractive to the moths, 467; influence of jute, 469 ; efforts to destroy the 

 moths in winter quarters, 470; efforts to destroy the chrysalides, 472; 

 efforts to destroy the eggs, 473 ; is Paris green the best poisonous mix- 

 ture for destroying the worms ? 475 ; injurious effects following the use 

 of Paris green, 477; best and most effective method of destroying the 

 worms, 480 ; the average cost per acre for protecting it by the best means 

 known, 482 ; other cotton insects, 484. 

 APPENDIX III. 



LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS 491 



INDEX... 495 



