472 REPORT UPOX COTTON INSECTS 



QUESTION 7c. Have any systematic and organized attempts beenmade to gather and destroy 

 the chrysalides, or to facilitate their collection and destruction by furnishing inviting mate- 

 rial for the ivorms to spin up in? 



ALABAMA. 



None. The first generation find cotton-leaves enough to web up in. The next are 

 forced to find webbing places on grass, weeds, or bushes. To capture the first chrysalis 

 is impracticable, for the reason that each plant would have to be overlooked, and to 

 attempt to gather up the second generation would be useless when the damage is done. 

 [P. T. Graves, Lowndes. 



I never have known an effort made to destroy the chrysalides in any way whatever. 

 [ J. N. Gilmore, Sumter. 



None. [I. F. Culver, Bullock. 



None. [R. S. Williams, Montgomery. 



No. [R. F. Henry, Pickens. 



None. [J. A. Callaway, Montgomery - 



No attempts have ever been made to destroy the chrysalides. [Dr. John Peurifoy, 

 Montgomery, 



None. [H. A. Stolenwerck, Perry. 



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



None. [ J. C. Matthews, Dale. 



Not in my knowledge. [ J. TV. Du Bose, Montgomery. 



No organized efforts have been made in the destruction inquired about. [A. D. Ed 

 wards, Macon. 



Nothing of the kind has come under my observation. [I. D. Driesbach, Baldwin. 



None that I know of. [James M. Harrington, Monroe. 



None. [R. H. Powell, Bullock. 



None. [M. W. Hand, Greene. 



I have not heard of any. [D. Lee, Lowndes. 



There has been none. [H. C. Brown, Wilcox. 



Don't know of any. [P. D. Bowles, Conecuh. 



None. The worms can be as easily taken, i. e. caught, as the chrysalides, and I doubt 

 not that the cotton suits him to a T to spin up in. [C. C. Howard, Autauga. 



There has been no such effort made to destroy the chrysalis as contained in this 

 question. [R. W. Russell, Lowndes. 



Nothing. [P. T. Graves, Lowndes. 



None ; and this cannot be accomplished so as to prevent the destruction of the cot- 

 ton crop, for the reason that the first, second, and third crops of worms are hatched 

 when there is an abundant foliage of cotton, and no contrivance could induce the 

 worm to leave the cotton-leaf to spin. It is on the leaf at maturity, and at this point 

 commences immediately to spin. After this third crop is out they destroy all the 

 leaf and foliage and have nothing in which to spin except weed or grass near the 

 field, and not finding this they soon die. Better keep supply out of their way than 

 furnish them. [H. Hawkins, Barbour. 



None. [J. R. Rogers, Bullock. 



ARKANSAS. 



Nothing. [Norborne Young, Columbia. 



None. [E.T. Dale, Miller. 



Nothing of the kind has been attempted. [T. S. Edwards, Pope. 



FLORIDA. 



None. [John Bradford, Leon. 

 None. [R. Gamble, Leon. 



GEORGIA. 



No organized effort has been made to destroy the chrysalis or to furnish inviting 

 materialfor the worms to spin up in [T. Fussell, Coffee. 

 None in this county. [D. P. Luke, Berrien. 



Nothing of the kind has ever been done here. [William A. Harris, Worth. 

 Nothing done to destroy them. [E. M. Thompson, Jackson. 

 None in this locality. [M. Kemp, Marion. 



LOUISIANA. 



None. [H. B. Shaw, Concordia. 



Have never heard of any attempts to destroy the insect until it is feared that it may 

 do injury to the growing plants say during summer and fall, while it is breeding rap- 

 idly, and eating rapidly also. [D. M. Hamilton, West Feliciana. 



It would be useless to try to furnish the worm anything to spin up in, as they are 

 too numerous. [John A. Marytuan, East Feliciana. 



I have heard of none. [Dr. I. U. Ball, West Feliciana. 



