New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-26
The Cortou Crop and the Caterpillar.
Extract OF a letter received in this Ci.y, dated
"PENoPoLIs, st Johns Berkley) Sept.

Extract OF Letter received in this City dated
"PENoPoLIs (St Johns Berkey) Sept 20
Since my letter OF "Wednesday, | have seen
rather OF the caterpillar in neighborhood and
think can write satisfactorily today than then
The worm has passed about hall the crop az Somer
set-at Somerton. perhaps iourth-at Wsntoot- the
fresh lands are nearly al covered by Them have
seen any serious damage the other lands At North
ampon Cedar Spring and Chelsea they have done very
little. Al Brunswick, White Hall and Hanover, they
nave been very destructive having passed over from
fourth 10 nearly hall each Of those places At Oph
am told about fourth OF the crop aas had the capter
pillar on II and presume about the same quantity al
ChApe! Hill
Where they have been the fields, generally look
Il frost had visited them. The damage done By them
must sui be Left 10 time 10 determine Whether many
OF the pods on stalks thus stripped OF taeiE foliage can
open, We cannot certainly conjecture-those tina. are
fully grown probably VIII and reasoning from analogy
VII make good cotton see good corn harvested
from crop rom which the blades are gathered But
TIE smaller PODS must be utterly !ost-you know we
have cotton opening until frost and we are now prob
aoy n TIE CONDITION OF persons who nave had frost
six weeks earlier than usual.
since the Caterpillar has made lis appearance we
naFe cEc the cnes weather imaginable for the maturing
and opening OF coor hot and bright every day
has been followed By pleasant, sometimes very cool
isat and invariably cold mornings While this state OF
oss has urged the cotton onward. i has also, doubt
less stared the rsvages OF the caterpillar.
Some Curious Facts have developed themselves IN re
a'on 10 tats insect Perfectly grounds. far
Fave Observed or heard, exempt from ,he gener
aEee anu four years Under cultivation have peculiar
attraction Tor them Rank and luxurant co:ton,
70 aTe better under their Attacks than tina, which IS
2c:e open L perhaps takes ger time 70 strip such
plants and tney leave them before they have entirely
Destroyed them Marlns does prevent them The
West part OF Hanover IS married. considerable po--
aon OF Inc Somerset feds Is also usrled-and, on my
freh LANDS a: Eossyar1p which u,ared but on
which Dr. Smith discovered one per cent OF lime, "a
greater amount than any ordinary raarnS convey
70 so ihsy are IS bad any other portion OF my
crop.
nat wrote L NY las; letter IS the ca,erpl
ia l. u every aeld tom Monks Corner 20 Eu-
's~ !ow extensive their ravsses nave not been
age 70 es-r Many were hrst disposed urderrste
,.e eYA 10 De sustained b. them and then. perhaps
ets QUAY clspo=ed 70 exasge-ste their effects We
know noI how much longer they viii be az work but
a. Is pretty abundant nay LOOK for a sus
pension Of taelr labors few Ga7s and then II ,his
"eaLeT holas on they vii reappesr late do any
seElos Marin the damage IN every neighborhood Is
eqa- % t1a sustained n this. MAJ estimate the
OF .znd covered them be equal one-fourth
q ne best out least raatureo Cotton; and al
lowing iaat afof ,hst Is totu loss then I'D to this
as We nay assume that the average loss Of crop in this
region. a THIS tine, amounts "a oneeghthp
Charleston Courier.