408 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



LOUISIANA. 



August and September. [H. B. Shaw, Concordia. 



When they appear early the greatest is done in July. [Dr. I. U. Ball, West Feli- 

 ciana. 

 The greatest injury is done in August. [John A. Maryman, East Feliciaua. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



The month of September. When their appearance is made late in August, I con- 

 sider that one entire month's making of the cotton crop is destroyed. The top fruit 

 of the cotton and its entire last makings are cut short completely by the -worm. 

 [John C. Russell, Madison. 



They make their appearance in this locality about the 20th of July in limited quan- 

 tities. The crop of worms that do most damage make their appearance between the 

 6th and 10th of September. They have done this with remarkable uniformity, it being' 

 immaterial what kind of weather we have. [C. F. Sherriod, Lowndes. 



Most generally September. Sometimes much damage is done in October ; oftener 

 and greater in August. In a few instances the crop has been destroyed in July, and 

 once or twice in June. [D. L. Phares, Wilkinson. 



September most destructive, but every year I have some cotton oaten out the last 

 of August, but worms not insufficient numbers to eat the whole crop. [Daniel Cohen, 

 Wilkinson. 



About August. [William T. Lewis, Winston. 



August. [C. Welch, Covington. 



In September. [Samuel Scott, Madison. 



From the 15th of July to the 15th of September. [J. W. Burch, Jefferson. 



The last of August and September. [Dr. E. H. Anderson, Madison. 



The greatest activity is generally seen in September, but to be injurious the leaves 

 of the plants must be stripped in August. [ J. Culbertson, Rankin. 



August and September. [W. Spillman, Clark. 



In the month of September. [George V. Webb, Amite. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



September; very little injury. [F. I. Smith, Halifax. 

 September. [ J. Evans, Cumberland. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



If cotton is planted as late as June, it is more apt to be attacked by worms in the 

 fall, say September, when the older cotton entirely escapes. [Paul S. Felder, Oraage- 

 burgh. 



From the 1st of August to the middle of September. [James W. Grace, Colleton. 



The greatest damage is done in August. When they make their appearance after 

 the 15th or 20th of August, it is too late for them to be destructive. [James C. Brown, 

 Barnwell. 



TENNESSEE. 



September. [A. W. Hunt, M. D., Perry. 



TEXAS. 



This year in October. First crop appears sometimes as early as the 10th of July, 

 but not numerous; second crop in about thirty days (ten days chrysalides,, ten days 

 flies, and ten days eggs, on the average) ; in which cases greatest injury occurs from 

 the 15th of August to the 15th of September. [W. Barnes, Cherokee. 



They usually make their appearance from the 15th to the last of August, and finish 

 up their work by the 5th of September. They hardly ever come in force for eighteen 

 or twenty days from the time first discovered. They first web up and hatch a second 

 generation ; then the work is soon done. They generally do their work in this county 

 (Washington) from the 25th of August to the 7th of September. [O. H. P. Garrett, 

 Washington. 



The injury is dependent on the stage of maturity of the crop. Should they come in 

 June they will destroy it. This year they ate all the leaves the latter part of August 

 and September, doing no damage to the crop ; in some instances they were a benelit. 

 [P. S. Clarke, Waller. 



July. [S. B. Tackaberry, Polk. 



July and August. [R. Wipprecht, Comal. 



Latter part of July and first of August. [P. S. Watts, Hardin. 



July and August. [H. J. H. Brensing, Bowie. 



July. A. Schroeter, Burnett. 



July and August are the months of greatest *lam age, but generally August. If July 

 gets hot and dry, and the cotton commences shedding the leaves, then through August 

 the worm disappears. [ J. M. Glasco, Upshur. 



