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when they get knocked off on the ground and the sun drives them up the stalk for 

 protection, they attack the chrysalides, &c. [Natt. Holman, Fayette. 



None that I have any knowledge of. [ J. W. Jackson, Titus. 



Numberless insects destroy it, viz, wasps, lady-bugs, (destroy the egg), devil's horse 

 or alligator fly, spiders, the rear or devil's horses, (Mantidae), and several varieties of 

 field bugs are its most active enemies ; also several varieties of metallic-greeii large 

 bugs, sometimes called Spanish flies and ants. [J. H. Krancher, Austin. 



QUESTION 7. Wat has teen tJie result of the efforts to allure and destroy the moths, and 

 what methods have proved most satisfactory f Give your estimate of the relative value for 

 this purpose of poisoned sugar, molasses, and vinegar, and fires. 



ALABAMA. 



All the vegetable poisons, as china, Jerusalem oak, Jamestown weed, &c., have been 

 tried and failed. Lamps and pine-knot fires were only partially successful. No gins 

 or traps have been used that we know of. In fact, nothing has been successfully used 

 but Paris green (Royal's patent). The Texas " worm destroyer " was successful at 

 first ; last year it failed, and the planters who used it here think it has been counter- 

 feited or in some way deteriorated. The fact we think is that they did not make it 

 strong enough. Great care must be observed not to put too much of either this or 

 Paris green on the cotton, for they all contain arsenic, which will certainly parch up 

 the leaves and injure the cotton. We have no experience in molasses, vinegar, and 

 fires ; they are all too slow for this emergency. [Dr. John Peurifoy, Montgomery. 



I have setn fires used at night and drugs used'to poison, but don't believe it ever 

 did any good, for the worms finally eat up all the cotton. [I. F. Culver, Bullock. 



Efforts have been made to allure and destroy the moths years ago by lights and 

 poisoned sugar, and molasses and vinegar. While they destroyed large quantities of 

 the insects, it did not seem to affect the numbers of worms to any extent, and do not 

 consider that means of any practical value. [John D. Johnston, Sumter. 



The Paris green is the only remedy tried in this locality for the destruction of the 

 worms, and that with but little success. [J. S. Hausberger, Bibb. 



Nothing yet satisfactory. [A. D. Edwards, Macon. 



The results of the efforts to allure and destroy the moths have generally proved un- 

 satisfactory ; poisoned molasses is supposed to be the best method. [ J. A. Callaway, 

 Montgomery. 



Some years ago the planters (many of them) used tin plates made for the purpose, 

 on which were placed vinegar sweetened with sugar or molas-es. Fires were also 

 made on stands in the field to attract the fly. But as they have been generally aban- 

 doned, I suppose the results were not satisfactory. [H. Tutwiler, Hale. 



All the suggestions published in newspapers have been tried by the farmers of this 

 county by building fires at night and then going with brush in hand through the cot- 

 ton, also stake fires with pans of water; all failed to do any perceptible good. [P. 

 D. Bowles, Couecuh. 



The ravages of cotton insects in this country have been considerable, but no exper- 

 iments have been made to check or destroy them. [ J. W. Elliott, Marshall. 



Efforts made to destroy moths have all proved failures : none of them worth a cent. 

 [M W. Hand, Greene. 



There have been several experiments made with lighted torches, but nothing yet 

 discovered that proved a success. [H. C. Brown, Wilcox. 



But little has been accomplished; much money has been wasted in efforts to poison 

 them. [J. C. Matthews, Dale. 



The moth will be attracted by sugar and molasses. Fires are more attractive and 

 destructive. [R. H. Powell, Bullock. 



I have no experience ; have made no efforts to allure or destroy except when they 

 first appear, which is generally in a small space. What I have done, then, was simply 

 to get a number of hands and pick them off and kill them, and I am led to believe if 

 there were no neighboring fields to supply the crop of flies adjacent they can thus be 

 set back one generation or be, say six weeks, later in their destruction. All cannot 

 thus be killed, of course. [Andrew Jay, Conecuh. 



Have tried fire and sulphur without good effect. [James M. Harrington, Monroe. 



Lights at night and sweetened baits have been used, but with such unsatisfactory 

 results as to be abandoned. [Charles M. Howard, Autauga. 



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



Honey, sugar, sirups, and sorghum sirup are the sweets used. Fires at night have 

 been resorted to for the destruction of the moths. Coal-oil has been experimented 

 with. The difficulties met with in using it are : 1st. Want of a suitable means of 

 throwing the mixture of water and oil upon the plants ; 2d. The danger of killing the 



