Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-10-11

or moth, ~ both aro too we'll known In
LouipiRnn 10 require IL.
The cotton worm would eat nothing
bat tho cotton lent, tho small pArtB Of the
stock, and tho Ieaves around the boil.
Tho worm dues not travel from field 70
field MS m army worm, but each field, by
tho operations Of tho moth, hs a general
thing, gHuorhtos ltr own worms, True,
They vail travel out Of tho field after de-
rtfoying 1t, but they go in all directions
in Bcarch Of food. Tho moths fly from
field TO fold, md nro carried by tho winds
gtoat diHtnnc0s, and thus 1t IL, that fow
hundred worms IN ono field, in the early
part Of tho seasou, would mako moths
enough to distribute eggs for many miles.
For instance, We VIII suppose that one
moth lights down IN tho middle Of large
fold, in tho month Of Jnno, and dopoAim
6ve hundred eggs, aud in seyen or eight
days, tho planter discovers u few worms,
but not enough 10 alarm him, and thsy
soon ceuAp cutting, and he thinks hs crop
sale. In tho course Of Gfteon or twenty
dnys, he finds lot moro Of Thorn, bus
stiIl not enough to destroy hin crop, but In
twenty eight or thirty days more, they
appnnr in such qnnntities, that his crop 10
Immediately eaton up. Or, suppose that
on tho fast or July, ton worms 10 tho acre
GxiAtod IN tho fold. Tho number being
ANAL, would not attract any notice, and
perhaps never b0 aeon ut nll but those ton
worms would in eight or nftoon days, pro-
due0 ten moths. These moths laying upon
M Average, 2b0 eggs zach, would produce
300 worms in twonty ak or twonty eight
days, or near tho oud Of July. Those, by
tho last Of August, would produce 900,
aud these, in twonty Six days moro, would
produce $50 $50 900 TO tho acre.
| hnvo always noticed that In years
whom tho wormR have boon reported an OK
strng In small numbers, tho report has
boon circulated soon afterwards, that they
had conAed eating, aud tho probabilities
were that tho crops would DO saved, but
this has generally boon dolueive horo,
WHOM they have appeared carly enough in
tho ronson for tho third gcuoration to de-
tLrOy it,. ! mn confident that thoro In but
ono means Of oiRoctunlly Kidding ourselves
Of tho worme, and saving tho crops, and
that conHtets in Keeping close watch in
tho fold for them, aud whom tho frat sign
Of worm Or moth appears, TO Bot aside all
othcr labor and Devote sufficient time TO
80 diminish the numbo- Of tho first or acc
uud generation, that not enough would bo
left to make tho third generation snth
cioutiy nnInrroua 10 destroy the crop.
Tint this can bo done, and future crops
paved, have not tho loast doubt, but TO
accomplish il, regular organization
should DO olcctod, 40 that any and all
portions Of tho state, 81 districts Of country
wonId DO constantly watched, and the
war upon them made e0octuhl at their
frat appearance. IL would DO Of little
avail for one man to dostroy them in his
fold, whilo hts noighbor remained inactive.
If the State will mako rimiIar laws TO
thoso enacted TO rid tho country of wolves,
md appoint agents in proper localitios,
whoRo duty it should bo TO pay rewards for
tho frat worms, or moths found and then
having the proper authority, would order
out everybody Interested, TO hunt up and
Kill ali TINT could DO found, no more crops
would be lost by tho rayages Of tho worm,
hut without iorcible, and com bjnod action,
littlo good can be done, for they may APP
pear in mpny folds at tho same time.
whilo somU planters, would nos feol the
uecepsty Of adopting active measures
against them We must remember that
every worm destroyed in July, Ia equal to
400 in AuRunt, and probably to $50 900
in Eoptern bor.
Your old friend
GEO. W. MORSE.