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mean the destruction of many. Hence it follows 
that all rubbish, including cotton stalks, should be 
burned as early in the fall as practicable, and the 
land turned with the plow. 
Other effective remedies lie in trapping the beetle 
in the late fall by means of new plants left standing; 
by enticing with early plants those that escape and 
live through the winter, and then destroying them; 
by destroying all volunteer cotton plants — for these 
are natural feeding places and brooding grounds; 
by picking summer squares so as to check the 
summer ravages; and by using early-maturing 
seed and planting as early as possible. 
In some of these methods you can now find help ; 
by some of these methods the final battle will be 
waged and the victory will come to you and your 
fellows. 
II. THE CATERPILLAR OR COTTON WORM 
This insect has a wider territory for his range, 
and while he still causes much anxiety and dis- 
tress, he once ruled with considerable force and 
power. 
He looks like a caterpillar : in fact that is what he 
is. You are thoroughly familiar with his work and 
that of his class. Eating seems to be his principal 
occupation. All caterpillars are voracious eaters. 
Trees are stripped of their leaves; small fruits be- 
come bare of every vestige of green; cabbages are 
often entirely destroyed. You are familiar with 
these. The cotton caterpillar is just as greedy in 
his cotton field. In appearance you find him a 
bluish green caterpillar, with small black spots, 
and often with black stripes down his back. This 
is the fellow that does the damage. 
