APPENDIX II ANSWERS TO CIRCULAR. 389 



In 184G the caterpillar almost destroyed the crop. It appeared ill July and eat tho 

 bark off the cotton-stalk, which has not been the case since. It next appeared in 1868, 

 late in August, and destroyed the top crop ; was very destructive in 1873, but in '74 lesa 

 so ; in 1873 made its appearance in May. [H. Hawkins, Barbour. 



After 1826 or '27 a considerable interval took place before they appeared in destruc- 

 tive numbers again. It has been observed that their ravages have been more fre- 

 quent as the country has grown older; that is, as the lands are older and country 

 more open. [Andrew Jay, Conecuh. 



There has been no year since 1845 in which they have not made their appearance ; 

 tisually more destructive about every third year. [R. B. Dunlap, Greene. 



In 1872 they were more destructive than any year since 184(5. But little cotton was 

 planted during 1863 and '(54, but nearly the entire crop was destroyed either in 1863 or 

 '64: I forget which. [J. R. Rogers, Bullock. 



The worm was most destructive in 1872 and '73. [I. F. Culver, Bullock. 



From 1806 to '78, inclusive ; 1867, '70, '73, '76, and '78 were the most destructive years. 

 [R. F. Henry, Pickens. 



ARKANSAS. 



la 1847 ; about T)3 and '72. [Norborne Young, Columbia. 



In 1863, '66, and '67 they were very destructive, but since that time there have been 

 but few each year. [E. f . Dale, Mi'ller. 

 In Io75 and this year. [T. S. Edwards, Pope. 



FLORIDA. 



In 1832, '39 or '40, and '72. [John B. Carrin, Taylor. 

 GEORGIA. 



According to my experience, the worm was especially abundant in the years 1825, '40,, 

 43, 46, '47. In 1852 the worm made its appearance, but did no material harm. [Will- 

 iam Jones, Clarke. 



The years 1843, '49, and '52. [S. P. Odom, Dooly. 



The greatest destruction in this county occurred from the years 1868 to '74, inclu- 

 sive. [Morgan Kemp, Marion. 



18(58, '72. [D. P. Luke, Berrien. 



It has never done any material damage except in the years 1868 and '73. [A. J. 

 Cheves, Macon. 



1868 and '74. We have never had them but a few times. [Johu T. Wingfield, 

 Wilkes. 



186S, '69, '71, '73, '74, '75 irost destructive. In 1876, '77, and '78 they did not injure 

 the cotton at all. [T. Fussell, Coffee. 



There has been but two or three years that the army-worm has visited our country, 

 and it was a question whether they did a service or a damage ; I think they did some 

 damage. In 1869 and '74 they were here in force. [E. M. Thompson, Jackson. 



Don't remember. The worm was a benefit to me, as my cotton was too thick. My 

 people care but little for the worm. They destroy them when they become too de- 

 structive. [Win. A. Harris, Worth. 



LOUISIANA. 



In Carroll, Louisiana, 1846 and '47. [C. B. Richardson, East Carroll. 



The years in which they were most destructive are 1844, '67, '70, '72, '74, '77, and '78. 

 [John A. Marymau, East Feliciana. 



In 1844, '64, '66, and '67 they were unusually abundant and destructive. [Dr. I. U. 

 Ball, West Feliciana. 



In 1841, upon a return visit from school to the plantation, I saw the army-worm for 

 the first time. It was then late in the fall ; the cotton was yet green with leave^ and 

 white with open bolls. Scarcely any damage was done to quantity of crop made, but 

 the quality was made very bad by the litter and excrement of the worm, dropped on 

 the opeu cotton. In 1846 they appeared very early in the season and cut the crops in 

 this section short from 50 to 60 per cent. A few may have been seen by some persons 

 after that year, but no damage was done by them until after the war broke out. The 

 fact that no notice was taken of them generally and no damage done by them in this 

 section proves that they were very few in numbers, even if they existed at all. As a 

 general rule iu this section, our people planted very little cotton during the war, and 

 no appearance of the worm was observed until 1865. But in the lower portions of the 

 State, after the occupation of the country by the Yankee forces, the army-worm ap- 

 peared very generally, and at such early dates as to cut the crops off very short. Since 

 1865 they have appeared here annually; sometimes early and sometimes late ; some 

 years doing very little damage, and again working great destruction of the cotton 

 crops. On some plantations they are worse than on others, and this occurrence is gov- 

 erned by no rule or natural laws understood or observed by our people. [Douglas M. 

 Hamilton, West Feliciana. 



