480 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



QUESTION 7i. State what you consider the best and most effective method of destroying 

 them in your section. 



ALABAMA. 



It is contended by some farmers here that if the cotton could be topped just at the 

 time the eggs were first deposited it would more effectually destroy them than the 

 application of any medicated substances. The moth always deposits its eggs in the 

 tender buds of the cotton first. [J. N. Gilmore, Sumter. 



Cannot answer, as everything has failed that has been tried in this section. I con- 

 sider nothing that has been used throughout this section has resulted in good in either 

 saving the crop or destroying the pest. [John D. Johnston, Sumter. 



Paris green carefully applied. [Dr. John Peurifoy, Montgomery. 



ROYALL'S RECEIPT. Formula : 18 pounds flour, 1 pound Paris green, 1 pound pul- 

 verized gum arabic, 2 pounds rosin; cost of material, 1.25 per acre; application, 50 

 cents per acre. [ J. A. Callaway, Montgomery. 



Paris green and arsenic. [H. A. Stolenwerck, Perry. 



Paris green diluted with water. [H. C. Brown, Wilcox. 



The best and most effective means to destroy the worm has been the use of Paris 

 green, applied in a solution of water, and sprinkled or thrown on the plant by a small 

 brush or broom. It is said now that the Texas preparation is the best and most eco- 

 nomical way to use Paris green. [H. Hawkins, Barbour. 



Arsenic and Paris green. One man saved seven acres by picking off and killing when 

 they first made their appearance. He went over the ground a number of times. [ J. 

 R. Rogers, Bullock. 



Should use arsenic, as being much cheaper. [C. C. Howard, Autauga. 



The best method of destroying is Paris green. Say 1 pound of Paris green to 30 or 

 40 gallons of water, in which you mix 5 or more pounds of flour; with this sprinkle the 

 cotton. But I would prefer arsenic, it being so much cheaper, and will ordinarily an- 

 swer all the purposes. [R. W. Russell, Lowndes. 



Paris green, properly applied. [R. S. Williams, Montgomery. 

 Paris green. [Kuox, Miuge, and Evans, Hale. 



We use nothing. [I. F. Culver, Bullock. 



I consider every method resorted to so far as a failure. Paris green was thought to 

 be an effectual remedy, but those who were credulous enough to try it have abandoned 

 the use of it as wholly impracticable. [M. W. Hand, Greene. 



The application of Paris green mixed with flour and rosin. [A. D. Ed\vards, 

 Macon. 



Sprinkling poisoned water or flour on the plant. [ J. W. DuBose, Montgomery. 



Nothing has yet been discovered that is worth a cent. [J. C. Matthews, Dale. 



Paris green and arsenic mixed with water, and sprinkled over the field regularly, 

 while the worms are at work. [D. Lee, Lowndes. 



Paris green has been used more effectually in this section. One pound of Paris 

 green or arsenic to two hundred and fifty or three hundred gallons of water, and dis- 

 tributed with a watering-pot. [R. H. Powell, Bullock. 



The Texas remedy. [James M. Harrington, Monroe. 



Paris green in solution or powder. [C. M. Howard, Autanga. 



Paris green is the only effective method of destroying them in this country, and 

 most or nearly all farmers have abandoned Paris green and concluded to let the worm 

 do its work unmolested. [P. D. Bowles, Conecuh. 



I think the best mode to protect your crop from their ravages is to catch the moth 

 with molasses. This can be done by placing a tin plate to every half acre of cotton, 

 and covering the bottom of the plate with molasses. The plate should be secured to 

 a stake, and.- placed above the top of the cotton. This should be done about the 1st 

 of July; molasses renewed every other day. Every female moth produces about 

 four hundred worms. Destroy the first and second broods of moths, and your chances 

 for a good crop are increased a hundred fold. Paris green the next best, but either 

 will fail unless the practice is general. [I. D. Driesbach, Baldwin. 



It is believed early and fast cultivation is one of the best remedies for insect inju- 

 ries, and also to keep all Ihe weeds and grass out, and plant to the middle or last of 

 July. [George W. Thagard, Crenshaw. 



ARKANSAS. 



I think fires would be the most effective. [T. S. Edwards, Macon. 



Top the cotton and kill all the worms possible ; then gather all trash, stalks, &c., 

 and burn the same each year. Hand-killing is the only effective method I know of. 

 [E. T. Dale, Miller. 



FLORIDA. 



Paris green 1 pound, flonr 50 pounds, sprinkled early while the dew is on the cotton 

 and applied as soon as the worms appear in force. Three weeks ago I saved a small 



