404 EEPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Have not experimented on this subject, but there is no reason to suppose that the 

 egg is much affected by the weather, as the leaf generally sufficiently guards it against 

 rain, and there is always sufficient heat to hold it. [James W. Grace, Colleton. 



Damp warm weather is more favorable to the production of eggs. The fly is more 

 active and the ants less numerous. [James C. Brown, Barnwell. 



TENNESSEE. 



Warm, cloudy weather insures a success of the egg crop. Heavy rains, with inter- 

 vening intense heat, destroys the eggs. [A. W. Hunt, Perry. 



TEXAS. 



I believe the eggs in order to hatch require shade. Exposure to our sun will destroy 

 their vitality. [P. S. Clarke, Waller. 



Warmth advances, cold retards hatching from ten days, the earliest, to eighteen 

 and occasionally twenty days, the latest. [W. Barnes, Cherokee. 



Clear sky from 8 to 10 o'clock p. m., the time when the eggs are laid, is favorable. 

 [R. Wipprecht, Comal. 



Don't know that the weather has any effect on the eggs. [S. B. Tackaberry, Polk. 



After the eggs are deposited I know of no weather, unless a frost, that will affect 

 them. [ J. M. Glasco, Upshur. 



Should hot, dry weather come, the eggs or a portion of them will be destroyed. 

 [Samuel Davis, Hunt. 



I have thought hot, dry weather with a south wind through the day would destroy 

 the egg, as the wind would turn the bottom of the leaf up and expose it to the rays 

 of the sun. The egg is deposited on the under side of the leaf toward the top and 

 tender part of the plant. Evenings that are cloudy are favorable for the egg to 

 hatch ; the worm gets strength quicker and not so many destroyed by heat. Frequent 

 rains will wash them off more or less. [O. H. P. Garrett, Washington. 



The hatching of the eggs is only retarded and prevented by excessive heat and dry 

 weather ; the condition necessary for the successful batching being warmth and mois- 

 ture; heavy dews or fogs being sufficient. [J. H. Krancher, Austin. 



If the moth is there, the egg is sure to be laid and hatched, no matter how wet or 

 dry the weather. [W. T. Hill, Walker. 



The impression is that dry, hot weather retards and diminishes this fatally de- 

 structive army. [A. Underwood, Brazoria. 



The wet, warm weather is more favorable to the eggs. [S. Harbert, Colorado. 



After the eggs are deposited, if the weather is cloudy or rainy, the eggs will hatch 

 entire, but if the season is dry and hot the eggs will not hatch evenly, and many will 

 dry up and drop off or will be much delayed in hatching. [J. W. Jackson, Titus. 



Dry weather a very good preventive. [Natt. Holman, Fayette. 



QUESTION 2e. Effects of different kinds of weather on the moth. 



ALABAMA. 



Sunshine, not rain, endangers the moth ; cool weather depresses its activity and 

 delays or protracts its egg- laying. [P. T. Graves, Lowndes. 



Warm, cloudy weather is most favorable for the moth to deposit their eggs on the 

 cotton-leaf. [J. A. Gilmore, Sumter. 



Cloudy and wet the best for them. [I. F. Culver, Bullock. 



We think that warm, dry weather facilitates the increase of the moths, while cool, 

 damp weather has a tendency to destroy them. [J. S. Hausberger, Bibb. 



The moth may be affected by the weather, but, if so, we are not prepared to say to 

 what extent. The general impression is that hot, moist weather is best suited to its 

 propagation. [J. A Callaway, Montgomery. 



Cloudy weather is their favorite time for laying eggs. [Dr. John Peurifoy, Mont- 

 gomery. 



None. [Knox, Minge, and Evans, Hale. 



The favorite part of the stalk for the webbing-up, as we call it, of the caterpillar is 

 among the top leaves ; and from this I conclude that the usual degree of the heat of 

 the sun common at such season is conducive to a healthful condition of the moth. 

 [Andrew Jay, Conecuh. 



Warm, cloudy weather, moths most abundant. [R. B. Dunlap, Greene. 



When the weather is warm and dry the moth is hid in the shade of the foliage of the 

 cotton-plant until late in the evening. In wet weather it moves all day from place 

 to place without regard to morning or evening. [H. Hawkins, Barbour. 



They are more active in pleasant, growing weather. [C. C. Howard, Autauga. 



