386 EEPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



The worm has never damaged the cotton in this locality. [H. W. Hammett, Cobb. 



General Robert Toombs says the cotton-worm came from the West Indies to Florida, 

 and from Florida to Georgia. He thinks I shall find it holding over in Florida, but 

 that I am correct in stating that throughout the cotton-belt the worm of one year is 

 not the parent of the worm of the next, and in the main cotton-belt it dies out in 

 whatever state it may hibernate. The insect had broken up the cotton culture in the 

 West Indies in 180l-'02, and the migration of French cotton planters to Georgia on 

 this account took place in these years. [A. R. Grote. 



LOUISIANA. 



The worm first appeared in Carroll Parish, Louisiana. September 5, 1846, and was 

 universal in the parish. In 1847 it appeared in August in the middle of the field. On 

 the 30th of August the first crop went into the chrysalis state, and the second crop 

 swept every leaf before the 21st of September. [C. B. Richardson, East Carroll. 



From old settlers I have learned that while the old Mack seed-cotton was planted 

 the army worm was not known. This cotton rotted badly, and the Mexican seed was 

 introduced about 1820. Between 1820 and 1828 the army worm destroyed the crops, 

 but in what year or years I cannot learn exactly. [Douglas M. Hamilton, West Feli- 

 ciaua. 



The first appearance of the cotton-worm in this county was about August 11, 1844. 

 [John A. Maryman, East Feliciana. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



1804. It is very probable that they appeared many years earlier, but of this I have 

 no documentary or other proof that is reliable. They destroyed crops in Georgia as 

 early as 1793, and in the Bahamas in 1788. Hence it is probable they did likewise in 

 the country now called Mississippi at an earlier date. [D. L. Phares, Wilkinson. 



My earliest recollection, 1845. [J. W. Burch, Jefferson. 



Between the years of 1845 and 1850 the worms made their first appearance. [John 

 C. Russell, Madison. 



Worm was not known here until 1847 or 1848, about thirty years after the introduc- 

 tion of cotton. [C. Welch, Covingtou. 



My first knowledge of the injury to cotton by the worms was in 1858, though I have 

 no doubt they did damage earlier. [Kenneth Clarke, Chickasaw. 



The worm first made its appearance on my plantation in the year 1885. It wan late 

 making its appearance, and few in number, and did but little injury. [Samuel .Scott, 

 Madison. 



1875 was the last year it was very destructive. [William T. Lewis, Winston. 



In 1846 and 1847 they first made their appearance ; were not seen again until 1867. 

 [C. F. Sherriod, Lowndes. 



In the year 1839 a few made their appearance in our cotton-fields, but did no dam- 

 age. Afterward, in the year 184(5, they appeared again in " power and demonstration" 

 and well nigh ruined the crops in this locality. The worm appeared as early as July 

 8 in small numbers ; again about the 28th of the same month in considerable force ; and 

 again about the 18th of August following they appeared the third time, and did not leave 

 a vestige of the foliage of the cotton. [George V. Webb, Amite. 



From all 1 can learn, the worm first made its appearance in this county in 1846, and 

 afterward in considerable numbers in 180(5, '68, '73, '74, and there were a few this year. 

 [W. Spillman, Clarke. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



In the year 1847 a worm exactly similar to the cotton-worm made its appearance in 

 large numbers ; this worm fed on grass, Indian corn, and cotton, doing more damage to 

 corn than to cotton. I am unable to say that it-was the genuine cotton- worm. [John 

 Robinson, Wayne. 



I find no one who ever saw a cotton-worm in this country before I860. They have 

 never done much damage here. [Jasper Stone, Gaston. 



1863. [F. I Smith, Halifax. 



1867. [J. Evans, Cumberland. 



Cotton-worms have never appeared in any injurious character or in such numbers 

 as to be destructive ; we are too far north for them. When they have appeared it was 

 late in the autumn, and they were rather nn advantage than otherwise, as they re- 

 moved the superabundant leaves and exposed the fruit to the influence of the sun. 

 [R. T. Weaver, Hertford. 



I cannot recall but one year (1872) in which the cotton-worm did any material dam- 

 age. [H. M. Houston, Union. 



No cotton-worm in this section worth speaking about. [T. H. Lassiter, Gates. 



This is the "Laud of the Sky," and the cotton- worm is not known. [D. D. D .ivies, 

 Jackson. 



