Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-12-24

This scourge seems to increase in vir.
ulence from year TO year It's expected
with the regularity of the season Its
early appearance in considerable nam
bers is fatal to the crop. Its appearance
at any time cuts short, to greater OF
less extent the crop. A thousand meth
DDS have been devised againstit Solar
fgtNt everything done TO prevent Its appear
auce or to check its rsvages has been In
vain. There is danger that in lew
years it will destroy the cultivation OF
cotton altogether.
few weeks ago we published state
meut from a Texas paper that the egg
was deposited in the stalk OF the plant,
where it remained until the proper sea-
son protected against its enemies, then to
Mt appear upon its mission Of destruction,
and that to gather up closely and Jurn
the dry stalks in the fall and winter
wonld destroy them
Yesterday we saw in the counting
room of Messrs Hardee Robinson
proof Of the correctness OF the theory.
On the surface the scar left when
the eggs were deposited. Inside, IN the
8 nth of the stalks, were the eggs In SEINE
M places, and in others worms already
emerged from the eggs and feeding upon
the soft part OF .hc stalks surrounding
them.
We presume any planter can have
abundant proof Of the theory in question.
He has only to look for it in the stalks
in his cotton field.
This matter appears to us worthy OF
attention. If the egg is deposited IN the
stalk, and thus preserved and warmed
into life and sustained through winter,
fire is the remedy beyond question:
Selma Times.
The fact suggested proves nothing 20
TO the cotton worm, without further in
vestigation. The eggs deposited may
have been boll-worm, as well as army
worm, or even grass-worm, for aught
appears We have seen, when cotton
planter, a square-winged fly deposit its
eggs in the square, and then seen the
n boll-worm follow. And we have seen Q
ay, with the wings shaped like heart
deposit its eggs under the cotton leaf
and then the army worm followed. Let
any planter observe for himself care
fully, and he will see the same thing. II
both kinds of fy deposit be will find both
kinds Of worm the result The fact thai
one Fly deposits in the square, and the
other under the leaf, would seem to indi-
cate these as the only places Of deposit
of the several kinds. What we call the
boll-worm hY deposits on the leaf
and what we call the army worm Ay never
deposits in the square 0ne eats the
boil, the other the leaf And when there
are no longer bos or leaves to eat, the
fies roll up, aud become butterhie:
.EfI.f again, or at the last Of the season dissp'
pear. Like the worm peculiar to any
other fruit growth, believe the
cotton worm is peculiar TO the cot
ton plant itself Every vegetable
product has lie enemy. Burning
the cotton stalks Of fields has been long
practiced By many planters, merely for
the purpose Of getting them out OF th.
way. Bot they suffered from the worn
precisely a. others, who had merely
broken The stalks Up aHd ploved then
into the ground. Under present eOnai
tons and material combinations We shall
90 have worn vbsn the season fsvors As'
We shall have just twice IS many II "
plant too acres &c shall II We plan