The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-23
Cotton Crop.


The CorroS WoRm.-We have a letter before us from
Lafayette county, Miss which speaks Of the appear
1t of the family that laid waste the crops last
year, but 1t does not nondne itself to the cotton plant
ton They exceedingly voracous aud the writer Of
the letter that you into the fields where they
may be- and distinctly hear them at work eating, the
engaged upon building. He first observed them about
the 10th OF July He augurs most unfavoraby from pre-
sent appearances for the coming crop.Picdyune 10Th
inst
THE CorroS WonM.-The Lexington Advertiser
Holmes county Miss says that several species Of cot
ton made their appearance and are DESTROY
ing the cotton to an alarming extent that county
They are, it says on almost every plantation have
heard from north Of this place and also many in the
southern part of the county. They embrace several
specesthe cotton caterpillar, (noctua gossypn) the
army worm, the boil worm, and two kinds Of ground
worm; . gray worm and the other large yellow
and black striped which feeds both leaf and
stem and which at present appears to b. doing the
oftwo adjoining fields In number ofpgs aud shoats
have been running in the other none That In the
where there are no hogs the worm has already nearly
ruined the prospect Of crop In the where there
are hogs they have done damage ut all He has de-
fields
Tbs AMY woRM The last Holly Springs (,Iiss)
sdxUs, speanns Oh the ravages Of the army worm,
says II IL with feeling II the painful forebodng
that called upon ce the Appearances in
the counties Of Lafayette and Pamela in the south
part OF this county OF the enemy
70 the cotton plant whose ravsges we have ever wit
nessed IL is the dread army worm which made its an.
then IL has been rapidly progressing in this direction
and has already reached the vicinity Of Waterford We
have Witnessed personally its fatal effects on the farm
Of gentleman near Chulahoma, and informed by
eyewtnesses that there other plantations In the
Deighborbood which had already suffered far more
severelyn fact that the cotton crops on them were
utterly hopeless Unlike the caterpillar of last year
this worm avoids the foliage Of the plant entirely and
perforstes the stalk near the top and limbs seeming
poison the whole plant and causing all the bolls and
squares TO drop OIL. In some instances we observe
where II had attacked the young bolls This worm
makes It's appearance six weeks earlier than the cater
pillar did last year and unless its progress Ia
very soon Of which there appears to be no hope the
cotton crop in this region will be total failure
tn CRoPs-Some dispute exists in the country az to
whether The worm which has made ce Is the
army worm or not-some say IL is others say 10 ia
not At any rate considerable damage been done 10
the crops though the ravsges confined to partcu
lar neghoorhoods The grass has been perfectly de-
stroyed BY them in many cornnelds aud some regard
TINS sign that they will not touch the cotton How
Twin turn out we can't say-time will tell this "a we'll
rs many othsr things Great alarm certainly exists
among the planters aud they have every reasonable
ground Tor t. At lsast 90 ~ appears 70 us-Jouy
THE WonM-Ihis sconrgs " tho planter ~ IA feared
about 70 blight the prospects present cotton
crop, not entirely dest IT, We heard OF their
appearance In various portions OF the country and re-
st TO learn that they have commenced upon the cot
ton We we're yesterday July 2e) shown some taken