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number of generations ; the first being survivors of the preceding year, or imini' 

 grants ; second, caterpillars matured in my cat*e, imago, July 6 ; third matured August 

 2 ; fourth, September 1 ; fifth, October 1 to 15 ; and, lastly, the progeny of these last, 

 none of which, so far as I could discover, passed beyond the pupa stage. Even some 

 of the fifth generation, after completing the last transformation, were so weakened 

 from cold, drought, or other causes that they could not burst the pupa cases, in which 

 I found the moth dead and dry. [D. L. Phares, Wilkenson. 



Three broods of worms produced, and that has been generally enough to clean the 

 cotton-crop of overthing that a cotton-worm could live on. [John C.Russell, Madison. 



I think they kept up a continual stream of generation. [Daniel Cohen, Wilkinson. 



About three. [C. F. Sherriod, Lowndes. 



Usually two or three, sometimes four and five. [Dr. E. H. Anderson, Madison. 



Three or four. [Kenneth Clark, Chickasaw. 



Three, I think. [J. W. Burch, Jefferson. 



Three. [C. Welch, Covington. 



From three to five. I have noticed four or five broods when they failed to strip the 

 field of its leaves ; the birds, the ichneumon, and other insects, held them in check. 

 [I. G. G. Garrett, Claiborne. 



Three, and if a late autumn, or frost, four. [W. Spillman, Clark. 



Three. [George V. Webb, Amite. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Only one. [F. I. Smith, Halifax. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Three when destructive. [James W. Grace, Colleton. 



From three to five, according to favorable circumstances or time of first appear- 

 ance. [James C. Brown, Baruwell. 



TENNESSEE. 



Five or six are the generations sometimes produced ; my own observations would say 

 generally not more than two, barely three. [A. W. Hunt, M.D., Perry. 



TEXAS. 



There are about three broods, depending mostly on the time of their appearance. I 

 will, as far as my knowledge goes, grve the course they take. First, a few ragged 

 leaves on the cotton indicates the presence of the worm. On examination a few 

 patches of worms may be found; the first generally are as green as the cotton-leaf. 

 In about ten or twelve days they wind up in leaves and remain about four days, when 

 a dusky brown moth is hatched. She soon commences to deposit her eggs, which 

 are said to hatch in three or four days. This new brood takes their course and pre- 

 pares for the next brood, which cleans up everything. [J. M. Glasco, Upshur. 



Three ; under circumstances favorable to them, four. [A. Schroeter, Burnet. 



It is difficult to say how many broods there are, but the fourth finds but little to 

 feed on, and so dies. [P. S. Clarke, Waller. 



Two broods each year. [R. Wipprecht, Comal. 



Generally three ; this year four. S. B. Tackaberry, Polk. 



Generally two, occasionally three. [W. Barnes, Cherokee. 



From two to four broods, though but one brood is to be feared; that is the second. 

 [O. H. P. Garrett, Washington. 



Three and four. [P. S. Watts, Hard in. 



Three broods. [H. J. H. Brensing, Miller. 



Generally throe broods. [ J. H. Krancher, Austin. 



Two, and sometimes three. [C. B. Richardson, Rusk. 



In their early history the crop was never eaten up until the third generation ap- 

 peared, about three weeks being the time, or six weeks elapsing from the appearance 

 of the first to the third appearance. This, however, has changed, and from their first 

 appearance they go on increasing until the whole vast foliage is alive with them and 

 eaten up, and all fields of hundreds of acres look as though a fire had run over them, 

 and the worm then falls off, covering the ground, sometimes one or two inches deep. 

 They attempt to crawl off, but soon die, producing a most disagreeable odor. [A. Un- 

 derwood, Brazoria. 



Three broods a season. [Stephen Harbert, Colorado. 



Three distinctive crops or broods of them, being six weeks from the time yon see 

 the first crop of them until they are in force enough to eat up the cotton. [Natt 

 Holman.Fayette. 



In favorable seasons we have sometimes as many as three, but often two are suffi- 

 cient to destroy the crop, and leave the third set of moths nothing to deposit their 

 eggs upon, and evening and morning the air is darkened with their rising to take 

 their flight. [J. W. Jackson, Titus. 



