APPENDIX II - ANSWERS TO CIRCULAR. 401 



It is generally conceded by most farmers that a wet summer favors its multiplica- 

 tion. [P. D. Bowles, Conecuh. 



I think not. [James M. Harrington, Monroe. 



Wet summers favor their multiplication. [A. D. Edwards, Macon. 



They undoubtedly do. [Charles M. Howard, Autauga. 



They do generally. [M. W. Hand, Greene. 



They do. [II. C. Brown, Wilcox. 



O, yes ! as before stated. Wet June, July, and August they are much more destrue- 

 ive. [ J. C. Matthews, Dale. 



The impression prevails generally that hot summers, with long spells of damp, cloudy 

 weather, favor the multiplication of the cotton- worm. [R. H. Powell, Bullock. 



This is a settled fact in this section. [H. A. Stollenwerck, Perry. 



Yes. L J. W. Du Bose, Montgomery. 



They do. [David Lee, Lowndes. 



Yes. [Knox, Minge, and Evans, Hale. 



ARKANSAS. 



Warm, wet spring and summer favors multiplication. [E. T. Dale, Miller. 

 Yes. [Norborne Young, Columbia. 

 I think not. [T. S. Edwards, Pope. 



FLORIDA. 



Wet July and August favors their increase and their destructiveness, by making the 

 plant tender. They eat more and grow larger in such weather. [ J. M. McGehee, 

 Santa Rosa. 



It is the universal opinion that they do. [J. Bradford, Tallahassee. 



They do. [John B. Carriii, Taylor. 



So believed, the leaf being then more succulent and tender. [R. Gamble, Leon. 



GEORGIA. 



Wet summers favor its multiplication. [Timothy Fussell, Coffee. 



I do not think they do. [William Jones, Clarke. 



They do. [D. P. Luke, Berrien. 



They do. [A. J. Cheves, Macon. 



They most assuredly do, in great quantities. [William A. Harris, Worth. 



They do. [M. Kemp, Marion. 



I think they do. [E. M. Thompson, Jackson. 



Wet summers generally produce what is termed the " black rust," especially on low- 

 lands, thereby hardening the leaves and preventing the multiplication of the moth. 

 [S. P. Odom, Dooly. 



LOUISIANA. 



Yes. [H. B. Shaw, Concordia. 



Is is evident that wet summers favor their appearance and rapid increase, and very 

 dry ones the reverse. [Douglas M. Hamilton, West Feliciana. 



Wet summers favor its multiplication. [Dr. I. U. Ball, West Feliciana. 



Wet summers favor its multiplication if the rain is continued through the last of 

 July and first of August. [John A. Maryman, East Feliciana. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Most assuredly. [ J. W. Burch, Jefferson. 



I think not. [C. Welch, Covington. 



Yes ; beyond a doubt. [D. L. Phares, Wilkenson. 



Heavy rains and continuous wet weather do not seem favorable to its develop- 

 ment. It would seem that heavy rains would prevent the process of hatching, and if 

 the eggs did hatch would destroy the young insects. I have never seen them appear 

 during a protracted term of wet weather. [Dr. E. H. Anderson, Madison. 



Undoubtedly. [Daniel Cohen, Wilkenson. 



They do, in affording a succession of tender leaves for them to feed on. [C. F. She- 

 riod, Lowndes. 



I believe wet summers favor their multiplication. I think there was a drought here 

 in one or part of both of the months of August and September of one of the years of 

 1873, '74 or '75 that so destroyed them that they did but little injury that year. [Sam- 

 uel Scott, Madison. 



They do. [John C. Russel, Madison. 



No. [J. Culbertson, Rankin. 



Wet summers certainly do favor its multiplication. [George V.Webb, Amite. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Never have them in the summer. [F. I. Smith, Halifax. 

 Yes. [J. Evans, Cumberland. 

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