396 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



Wet weather is more favorable to its increase. [Dr. I. U. Ball, West Feliciana. 

 Wet weather is most favorable to its increase. [John A. Marymau, East Feliciana. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Alternate sunshine and showers, and damp, hot weather, with the thermometer 

 ranging from 77 to 87 Fahr., seems to be the most favorable to its increase, especially 

 when the rainfall is not sufficient to retard cultivation. [Dr. E. H. Anderson, 

 Madison. 



A warm mild winter for their increase, but if July and August are favorable to 

 farmers, worms do but little damage. If the summers are so wot as to make the weeds 

 grow very rank, they work on particular spots anyway. [Kenneth Clarke, Chickasaw. 



The character of seasons most favorable to their increase ? Rainy seasons. [ John 

 C. Russell, Madison. 



It is generally believed that hot weather with light and frequent showers is most 

 favorable to the increase of the worm. [C. Welch, Covington. 

 ' Mild winter, wet spring and summer. [J. W. Burch, Jefferson. 



Warm weather, neither too dry nor too wet, has always prevailed when the worm 

 was most abundant. [ J. Culbertson, Ran kin. 



A favorable season for cultivating the crop. Damp, cloudy weather seems to favor 

 them. [I. G. G. Gariett, Claiborne. 



A rainy season is always most favorable to the increase of this pest of the cotton. 

 [George'V. Webb, Aiuite. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Warm and wet. [F. I. Smith, Halifax. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Those wherein we have a very wet June, causing a luxuriant and pulpy state of the 

 leaves, followed by cloudy and rather damp cool nights in July. [James W. Grace, 

 Colleton. 



A warm wet season. [Paul S. Felder, Orangeburgh. 



Warm and moist weather most favorable. The moist or rainy season is unfavorable 

 to insects that are enemies to the caterpillar; and the young, nutritious growth of 

 cotton more abundant. [James C. Brown, Barnwell. 



TENNESSEE. 



Warm, cloudy, and damp weather. [A. W. Hunt, M. D., Perry. 



TEXAS. 



Warm weather with showers. [R. Wipprecht, Comal. 



Mild winters and dry springs. [P. S. Watts, Hardin. 



A warm season with plenty of rain, to call forth a prof usioa of young tender leaves, 

 on which the newly hatched larvae can feed, is therefore most favorable tor the increase 

 of the insect. [A. Schroeter, Burnet. . 



Wet May and June. [S. B. Tackaberry, Polk. 



There seems to be no difference. [W. Barnes, Cherokee. 



Cloudy weather succeeding excessive rains. [Samuel Davis, Hunt. 



A warm damp summer, without much heavy rain. [ J. M. Glascoe, Upshur. 



Wet seasons. [H. J. H. Brensiug, Bowie. 



I once thought cold winters were 'proof against the worm. I have seen them fail 

 after cold and warm winters alike. 1 have also seen them come and destroy the crop 

 partly after cold and warm winters. In 1867 the crops were killed on the 12th, 13th, 

 and 14th of March, by freezing weather. There was snow, hail, and rain, freezing, 

 and wo had three days of cold weather. The crops were planted the second time, and 

 1 think more rain fell that year than in any previous one of my experience during 

 the months of June, July, and August. The worm appeared about the 20th of July, 

 but not in force. [O. H. P. Garrett, Washington. 



A moist and warm spring, and particularly frequent showers during June and July. 

 [J. H. Krancher, Austin. 



Warm wet weather. [W. T. Hill, Walker. 



I cannot say what weather is favorable to their increase. I think the weather has 

 litfrlo effect on them. [C. B. Richardson, Rusk. 



The most unfavorable weather for them is a warm rainy season. [S. Harbert, Col- 

 orado. 



Cloudy or rainy season will hatch the eggs better than dry and clear weather, and 

 when hatched cloudy or damp season favors the full development of the worm, and 

 its ravages are greater, for it feeds the entire day. Otherwise, if the season is dry and 

 hot, their progress is impeded, so much that it is of ten noticed by the casual observer. 

 [J.W.Jackson, Titus. 



