432 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



TENNESSEE. 



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



TEXAS. 



Low places are more exposed to the ravages of the worm. [R. Wipprecht, Comal. 



No.-[P. S. Clarke, Waller. 



To some extent. More in some localities than in others. [J. W. Jackson, Titos. 



Yes. [Natt. Holman, Fayette. 



Low lands that retain sap or where the plant is tender. [Samuel Davis, Hunt. 



I think not. [P. S. Watts, Hardin. 



Cotton that is youngest is attacked first ; new lands or lands of thrifty growth. 

 [ J. M. Glasco, Upshor. 



In this part of the country, neither mountain, forest, nor stream have proved to be 

 a protection against their visits. [A. Schroeter, Burnet. 



They do. I noticed this year in a field of 15 acres cotton, the foliage of which was 

 nearly all eaten up on the 2d day of October, several spots of from one-quarter to one-half 

 acres each on which there was not a worm. Not having had my attention directed to 

 the matter, I did not examine to ascertain the cause. [ W. Barnes, Cherokee. 



In wet and damp places where cotton is most fresh, green, and tender. [H. J. H. 

 Brensing, Bowie. 



I am inclined to the opinion it does. It generally makes its appearance south and 

 southeast of this county (Washington). It will appear in the same latitude of this 

 county sooner than here. This, I think, is owing to altitude, as this count v is higher. 

 [O. H. P. Garrett, Washington. 



High hills and mountains and broad rivers no doubt have some effect to check their 

 depredations ; also wide belts of timber ; but this county being mostly a prairie county 

 with occasional belts of timber the worm generally appears all over the county at the 

 same time ; the prairie farms bordering on Colorado County, the country between 

 them and the Colorado plantations, being an unbroken prairie, have of late years been 

 first affected, generally three weeks in advance of the farms lying further north. 

 f J. H. Krancher, Austin. 



No. [W. T. Hill, Walker. 



I do not think it does. [C. B. Richardson, Rusk. 



Not at all. [A. Underwood, Brazoria. 



They do not. [Stephen Harbert, Colorado. 



QUESTION 4j. Does or can ike worm feed upon any other plant tlian cotton, and have you 

 ever known it to do so f 



Worms are confined to the cotton-plant for food. [P. T. Graves, Lowndes. 



Never knew it to feed on anything but cotton. [J. II. Smith and J. F. Calhoun, 

 Dallas. 



The worms feed on nothing but cotton. [R. W. Russell, Lowndes. 



No. [J. A. Callaway, Montgomery. 



The cotton-worms are generally very select in their diet, and generally confine them- 

 selves to the cotton. Wo noticed on one occasion they ate the leaves of the egg-plant, 

 which very much resembles the cotton in the texture of its leaves. [Dr. John Peuri- 

 foy, Montgomery. 



Have never known the cotton- worm to feed upon any other plant than cotton. [R. 

 F. Henry, Pickens. 



It feeds on nothing else than the cotton-plant, and when they have cleaned out a field 

 they seek new pastures, always traveling east. [R. H. Powell, Bullock. 



No. [Knox, Miuge, and Evans, Hale. 



I have never known them to. [A. D. Edwards, Macou. 



Don't think the worm can feed upon any other plant than cotton ; have never known 

 or heard of them feeding on any other plant. [H. Hawkins, Barbonr. 



They survive on nothing else ; sometimes web in other leaves, but I don't think it 

 amounts to anything. [Andrew Jay, Conecuh. 



Never have known them to eat anything else. [J. R. Rogers, Bullock. 



Have not known it to do so. [C. C. Howard, Autauga. 



The worm does not feed on any other plant than cotton. I have tried them on vari- 

 ous other plants and grasses, but they have never eaten them ; would die of starvation 

 sooner. [ J. N. Gihuore, Snmter. 



On cotton alone. [R. S. Williams, Montgomery. 



They do not. ' Never have known them to. In fact they go into the ground, those 



