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All insectivorous birds prey more or less upon the worm. No quadrupeds or rep- 

 tiles to my knowledge. [I. D. Driesbach, Baldwin. 



There are various fowls and birds (no quadrupeds or reptiles known to me) which 

 feed upon the caterpillar. Turkey seat them greedily, and a cotton-field near a dwell- 

 ing has been preserved by the turkeys. Chickens also eat them, but their height pre- 

 vents them from destroying them as effectually as the turkeys. Blackbirds, bee-mar- 

 tins, and other small birds feed on them. [Andrew Jay, Conecuh. 



All birds that would attack the moth, hogs, and dogs eat the worms. Ants kill them 

 if they find them oil the ground. No birds seem to prey on the worm. [H. Hawkins, 

 Barbour. 



All the birds feed upon the moths, and barn-yard fowls, even the geese, eat the worms 

 with great gusto. And in this connection, it occurs to us that henneries might, be built 

 at proper distances and made a paying institution, for we have noticed that all around, 

 the barn-yard the cotton is saved from the worm, continues to grow, and develops a 

 full crop for several acres, or as far out as the hens feed, while the balance is completely 

 riddled, and the loss oftentimes one-half of the crop. This proposition would be laughed 

 at if named here, while the planters pay $1 25 per acre for Paris green, and if the sea- 

 son be rainy the poison fails and the result is a great loss. [Dr. John Peurifoy, Mont- 

 gomery. 



Mr. Donovan is always able to keep the worms in check by the following simple and 

 cheap method: he drives his large flock of turke.vs into the field, and if the plants are 

 too high, a boy brings the worms down by knocking at the plants with a stick. This 

 is repeated every day, and this remedy has proved so far invariably a success. Of 

 course it can only be applied in small fields which are near the house and when the 

 cotton-plants are not of large size. According to Mr. Donovan, the chickens are very 

 fond, too, of the cotton-worms, but of course cannot reach as high as the turkeys. Of 

 other birds feeding upon the cotton- worms, Mr. Donovan mentioned the " yellow-jack- 

 ets," which ho often observed in his cotton-field ; and he sometimes saw them pulling 

 the chrysalides of Aletia from their webs and eating the contents. [E. A. Schwarz, 

 Eufaula. 



ARKANSAS. 



Mocking-birds, bluebirds, and yellow-billed cuckoo. [Norborne Young, Columbia. 

 Do not know of any bird, quadruped, or reptile that ea,ts the worms. [E. T. Dale, 

 Miller. 

 I do not know of any. [T. S. Edwards, Pope. 



FLORIDA. 



Blackbirds, swine, and sunshine. [J. M. McGehee, Santa Rosa. 

 Birds and fowls. [John B. Carrin, Taylor. 



Birds, chickens, turkeys, and geese eat them. [F. M. Meekin, Alachua. 

 The loggerhead and bee- martin. [John Bradford, Leon. 



GEORGIA. 



The hog madly devours them when permitted in the cotton-fields. Also the common 

 fowls. Chickens are very destructive to them, especially the guinea chicken, which 

 travels further from the dwelling than the common fowl. [S. P. Odom, Dooly. 



The partridges prey upon them, and hogs turned into the field when they are numer- 

 ous have been known to eat them. [M. Kemp, Marion. 



I know of none. [A. J. Cheeves, Macon. 



Turkeys, blackbirds, and chickens. [D. P. Luke, Berrien. 



Birds, fowls, and hogs. [Timothy Fussell, Coffee. 



The birds destroy some, but not in appreciable numbers. [William Jones, Clarke. 



LOUISIANA. 



All birds, particularly the crow-blackbirds. [H. B. Shaw, Concordia. 



Many kinds of fowls and birds prey upon the worms, after they have attained some 

 size, and perhaps even prey upon the eggs before they are hatched. When the worms 

 are numerous the fowls and birds gather to the cotton-fields, and remain there daily 

 feeding on them. I know of no animals who do this, except of the feathered kind. 

 [D. M. Hamilton, West Feliciana. 



The common fowls will sometimes eat them. [John A. Maryman, East Feliciana. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



A great many sparrows and other small birds appear about the same time, and before 

 and after, but whether to devour them or other insects I know not. I do not believe 

 anything destroys them to any great extent. [K. Clarke, Chickasaw. 



Having occasion to move my fowls during the summer to a location near the cotton- 

 field, my chickens took to the field and ate so many worms that they did not care for 

 other kind of food, and seemed to do well on them. Turkeys and guinea-fowls are 

 very fond of them. [C. F. Sherriod, Lowndes. 



