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The first moth observed, this season was taken in the LeXand Post Office 
on September U. (September 25) S Can be found in a. few fields but is 
making little progress. 
C. Lyle (September 2H): Damage has been reported from all sections 
of the State. Much cotton in the southern part of the State has been 
defoliated but not much damage is expected in the northern part. 
Louisiana. R. C.Gaines (September 18)'* In Madison Parish, in the Delta section, 
leaf worms have not increased greatly during the last week. A few scat- 
tered fields have been stripped and a few more have been "ragged." (Sep- 
tember 25-) ! Leaf worms have not materially increased during the last week. 
C. 0. Eddy (September): Infestations have been widespread but more 
"scattered than usual. 
Oklahoma. C. P. Stiles (September IS): Present over most of the cotton-growing 
areas of Oklahoma. Comparatively few of the fields have been defoliated. 
Texas. K. P. Ewing and R. L. McGarr (August 28): In Calhoun County the cotton 
leaf worm continues to slowly strip the fields of old cotton. Many fields' 
are entirely stripped of all green foliage. 
R. W. Moreland and A. 3. Beavers (September 25) ' In Brazos and 
Burleson Counties leaf worms have completely defoliated a large acreage. 
A. J. Chapman (September ll): Leaf worms are stripping the plants 
in spots in most of the fields near Presidio. The crop is too far ad- 
vanced for them to do much damage. 
BOLL WORM ( Heliothis obsoleta F. ) 
Georgia, W. L. Lowry (August 28): During the last several weeks damage has 
been conspicuous in Lowndes and Echols Counties. 
P. M. Gilmer (August JQ)i Scattering infestations in most fields 
in southern and central Georgia, although in fields close to corn heavy 
infestations are found. Upland cotton is largely past damage. 
Mississippi. J. E. Ragland (September k): In Oktibbeha County bollworms are 
becoming numerous and are doing some damage to small and medium-sized bolls. 
E. W. Dunnam (September ll) : A few bollworms have been noted and are 
doing some damage in rank cotton in Washington County. 
Oklahoma. P. A. Penton (September 20) : Unusually abundant, as compared with 
a year ago. Widespread damage is being caused to cotton bolls and. the boll- 
worm is very common in alfalfa, sorghum, and late corn. 
Texas. R. W. Moreland (September 18): In Brazos and Burleson Counties the 
moth population is fairly heavy in plots of young cotton. (September 25): 
Eggs averaged U,8 -per 100 terminal shoots in the plots exojained this week. 
