APPENDIX II ANSWERS TO CIRCULAR. 477 



The prejudice against poisonous remedies is too strong to get any of them introduced 

 for experiment. Dr. E. H. Anderson, Madison. 



Nothing that I have heard of or known. [William T. Lewis, Winston. 



My prelerence is for the pan and lantern invented by J. G. Garrett, Port Gibson., 

 Miss. ; cheaper and less dangerous. [ J. W. Burch, Jefferson. 



Perhaps not. [D. L. Phares, Wilkinson. 



My insect-destroyers are more useful. If used in time they attract and catch, with 

 or without a light, the caterpillar and boll-worm flies, and prevent the ravages of both 

 the caterpillar and boll- worm. [ J. G. G. Garrett, Port Gibson. 



No ; but the Paris green is a dead failure. [George V. Webb, Amite. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Nothing. [James W. Grace, Colleton. 



TENNESSEE. 



To my knowledge nothing has been found more useful than Paris green to destroy 

 the insect in question. I am of opinion, from experiments which I have made, that 

 an inestimable benefit would accrue were an organized, general, and energetic battle 

 made on this line against the insect enemies of the cotton-plant. I am sure it would 

 end in their extermination if its use could be made general for three years. [A. W. 

 Hunt, Perry. 



TEXAS. 



Arsenious acid is cheaper, but tbe Paris green is the best preparation, to be used 

 with Hour (a small portion powdered rosin, 25 pounds of flour to one of Paris green). 

 Ashes can be used in lieu of flour, or any other article that will act as a vehicle. [P. 

 S. Clarke, Chickasaw. 



Solution of arsenic. [R. Wipprecht, Comal. 



Nothing. [S. B. Tackaberry, Polk. 



Nothing. [W. Barnes, Cherokee. 



Nothing has been brought into use here cheaper than arsenic ; Paris green next. 

 [O. H. P. Garrett, Washington. 



A great many cheap poisons 

 use ouly Paris green. [W. T. Hill, Walker. 



Not in this county. [P. S. Watts, Hardin. 



Arsenic in solution, mixed at the rate of about a quarter pound to forty gallons of 

 water and applied in the form of a shower, either by a fountain pump or similar con- 

 trivance, appears to be the cheapest ; but as it has to be applied three, four, or live 

 times, it is very tedious. Paris green is the most dangerous to man. [ J. H. Krancher, 

 Austin. 



None. [C. B. Richardson, Rusk. 



Arsenic in liquid form more generally useful, effective, cheaper, and more easily ap- 

 plied. [A. Underwood, Brazoria. 



I do not think there is anything cheaper than Paris green that is so sure a remedy. 

 [S. Harbert, Colorado. 



Yes ; the Texas cotton-worm destroyer, put up in Galveston, Tex. [ J. W. Jackson, 

 Titus. 



Arsenic in its raw state, dissolved in boiling water, is better and cheaper ; applied 

 by being thrown on the plant with pumps. I would state that I saved my crop in 

 1877 by its use. [Natt. Holman, Fayette. 



QUESTION 7 7i. Have you Icnfavn of any injurious effects following the vse of this poison, 

 eithei- to the plant, to man, or to animals? 



ALABAMA. 



Yes; to plant, man, and animals. [J. A. Callaway, Montgomery. 



The dangers of Paris green are well known here. Stock of all kinds will be killed 

 by it, if suffered to eat the cotton poisoned. Any sore or abrasion of the skin will 

 inflame, and if applied too freely to the cotton it is sure to parch the leaves and injure 

 the plant. [Dr. John Peurifoy, Montgomery. 



None to man or beast, but some little to cotton where the mixture was too strong; 

 one tablespoonful of Paris green to one gallon of water, cotton to be sprinkled at the 

 commencement or advent of a new crop of worms. [I. D. Driesbach, Baldwin. 



I have not. [H. C. Brown, Wilcox. 



I have injured crops of cotton in this, that after being poisoned with Paris green they 

 matured no more fruit. My laborers have been made ill by using it on cottou. I have 

 known cows and horses killed by eating the cotton on which it had been deposited. [ J. 

 W. Du Bose, Montgomery. 



