DESTRUCTION OF YOUNG VEGETABLES. 63 



Destruction of lettuce, cabbage, and other vegetables. — Scores of com- 

 plaints of injury to the sprouts, young plants, buds, and tender shoots 

 of other vegetables than corn and peas have been received, but we have 

 room here for only a few. 



Mrs. G. S. F. Stoddard, of South Woodstock, Windham County, 

 Conn., writes : 



It injures fruits and vegetables. I have known it to destroy a bed of early lettuce. 

 (January 22, 1887.) 



Davison Greenawalt, of Ghambersburgh, Franklin County, Pa., 

 writes : 



It picks off lettuce when quite small; cabbage, cauliflower, and radish are eaten 

 in tbe seed-leaf. (September 5, 1886. Present about fourteen years.) 



Simeon Zellars, of Palmetto, Campbell County, Ga., writes : 



It only eats off small plants wlien tliey first come up and are quite tender. (Octo- 

 ber 4, 1886. Present about four years.) 



Dr. William Weber, of Evansville, Ind., writes : 



They can do great injury to young vegetables, such as lettuce, peas, cabbage, etc. 

 They clean out beds of young plants if the latter are not protected by twigs or branches. 

 (October 15, 1886. Present about thirteen years.) 



E. B. Engle, of W^aynesborough, Franklin County, Pa., writes : 



It eats early cabbage-plants, peas, lettuce, and other early garden plants. (August 

 30, 1886. Present six or eight years.) 



Euth C. Burton, of Taylorsville, Spencer County, Ky., writes: 



It is very destructive to young cabbage-plants, etc. (October 30, 1886. Present 

 six or eight years.) 



Dr. H. D. Moore, of New Lexington, Somerset County, Pa., writes : 



They destroyed much of the cabbage crop of a neighbor by eating out the tender 

 heart> leaves. (September 13, 1886. Preseut about eleven years.) 



Herman Koerner, of Birdseye, Dubois County, Ind., writes : 

 They ate up or ruined all that the worms left me of a large patch of cabbage. (Oc- 

 tober 7, 1886. Present about three years.) 



George M. Neese, of New Market, Shenandoah Coumy, Va., writes : 

 This summer I saw it eat the leaves of young cabbages after they were set, and also 



beets and peas. It not only eats the leaves of peas but picks off the tender shoots. 



(August 27, 1886. Present about twelve years.) 



J. Sparks, of Vanceburgk, Lewis County, Ky., writes : 



It destroys turnips and peas, eating them off to the ground. (October 20, 1886. 

 Present about seven years.) 



Prof. D. E. Lantz, of Manhattan. Kans., writes : 



It eats tender vegetables when quite young. (September 27, 1886. Present about 

 six years.) 



J. T. Bodkin, of Patriot, Switzerland County, Ind., writes: 

 It is injurious to fruits and vegetables, especially the latter. Last year it ate up 

 my young peas completely, and also preyed ou lettuce, beets, strawberries, etc., 

 while young and tender. (May 24, 1887. Present about three years.) 



