382 EEPOKT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Descending the Mississippi River (from Canada) Charlevoix arrived at Natchez and 

 there spent Christmas in 1722. During this visit he saw the cotton-plant growing iu 

 the garden of Sieur Le Noir, clerk of the Mississippi Company (or as then styled the 

 Company of the Indies). Bienville mentioned the culture of cotton in the colony in 

 1735; Stodard, in 1740 ; and George Vaudreuil (as quoted by Judge X. Martin), in a 

 dispatch in 1746, mentions cotton among other things brought in boats down the Mis- 

 sissippi River to New Orleans. It has been cultivated in Louisiana and Mississippi 

 ever since. [D. L. Phares, A. M., M. D. Wilkinson. 



The earliest period cotton was grown in this State and county was about 1830. 

 [John C. Russell, Madison. 



Cotton has been the staple product of this county since I emigrated to it in 1846, 

 and it had been for many years previous. [E. H. Anderson, M. D., Madison. 



I am not aware of the existence of any trustworthy records on the subject ; prob- 

 ably, judging from the memory of old persons, it was grown in this county as early as 

 the year 1815. [C. Welch, Covington. 



Winston .County was organized and settled in 1833 and 1834. Cotton was planted 

 soon after. [William T. Lewis, Winston. 



Cotton was grown in Mississippi before its admission as a State, 1817. This coun- 

 try was inhabited by Indians until 1834, 1835, and 1836. They raised no cotton after 

 the sale of their lands, under the treaty of 1833, and amended in 1834. In 1835 white 

 settlers raised cotton on a small scale. [Kenneth Clarke, Chickasaw. 



About 183-2. [C. F. Sheirod, Lowndes. 



When and from whence the plant was first introduced into Mississippi is not cer- 

 tainly known ; most probably by the early French colonists from St. Domingo, which 

 was a touching point for the company's ships. It would seem that its cultivation 

 here and in Louisiana on a small scale for domestic uses preceded that of Georgia. 

 Charlevoix, on his visit to Natchez, 1722, saw it growing in the garden of Sieur Le 

 Noir, the company's clerk. Mention is again made of it 1735, 1740, 1746. (See Wailes's 

 Geology of Mississippi, 1854). [J. W. Burch, Jefferson. 



From the best information I have been able to procure from old citizens I find that 

 cotton was cultivated in this State about the same time it was introduced into Louis- 

 iana. The first cotton-gin made in this State was by the order of the United States 

 Government, at a place in Monroe County that has borne the name of Cottougin ever 

 since. It was made to encourage the Choctaw Indians to raise cotton. Cotton was 

 raised by all the Indian tribes in this State at a very early day. This, Clark County, 

 was a portion of the last purchase from the Cboctaw Indians. Cotton was planted 

 here by the whites soon after the purchase. The first account I have been able to 

 procure of the cotton crop is for the year 1833 ; that year the crop was 380 bales. [W. 

 Spillman, Clark. 



In the county of Amite the first cotton was grown in small quantities as early as 

 A. D. 1809, but was limited to small farms, there being no cotton-gins in this county 

 at that early day. [George V. Webb, Amite. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Cotton has been grown in this county since 1820, but only on a small scale until 

 1867. [Jonathan Evans, Cumberland. 



Cotton for domestic use was first raised in 1806. [Jasper Stone, Gaston. 



Cotton was not much grown before 1810. [F. I. Smith, Halifax. 



Cotton has been cultivated in this county to a small extent probably since about the 

 year 1800, or perhaps earlier ; but very little was produced until about 1850, when, 

 owing to the exhaustion of the turpentine trees, our farmers were forced to turn their 

 attention to its cultivation. Since then the product has steadily increased. [John 

 Robinson, Wayne. 



There is no cotton raised in this county. [Joseph Livingston, Henderson. 



We raise no cotton in this county. [S. W. Blalock, Mitchell. 



There is not a bale of cotton grown in this county. [T. L. Rawley, Rockingham. 



Notwithstanding we are in a Southern State and southern latitude, we have a north- 

 ern climate ; consequently there never has been a pound of cotton raised in our county, 

 and we know nothing of the history of the worm. [W. H. Hartgrove, Haywood. 



No cotton raised in this county for sale. [James M. Barnett, Person. 



We do not grow cotton in this county. [ J. W. Cooper, Cherokee. 



Only a small quantity grown in this' county. [W. G. Curtis, Brunswick. 



As cotton is not raised in this county for market, no observations have been made 

 relative to the insects that prey upon the crop. [J. J. Erwin, Burke. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Cotton was first grown in this district in the year 1783, although in a very limited 

 manner for a number of years. It soon, howeveV. became generally planted. [James 

 W. Grace, Colleton. 



