The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-08-30
Fighting. The Worm.

The Tallahassee Foriltaa contains
the details of some experiments recently
made in that vicinity with a mixture OF
Paris green and -four g destroy the 0ot-
- "n'tA"riilar aud wirinh proyadentire.
ly successful. The informasIu.l .--sz..
tained in letter from Messrs Earle &
Perkins, of that city, who, one day lass
week, visited the Lake plantation Of Mr..
Henry Winthrop, of Leon County, and
witnessed the application, Of the mix
ture to cut of Ave acres. Tho com.
pound was one pound Of Paris green &c
20 twenty four pounds of -four, and tho
result is stated asfollows: - j 4v
At the time of the experiment, the
entire cut had caterpillar in all stages.
The application was made on the centro
rows by busting the poison over tho top
of the plant with a common; sitter. In
twenty four hours not lire caterpillar
was TO be seen. We examined the cut
carefully; tho top leaves were crispcd;
the stock and remaining leaves looking
as fresh and vigorous as If the prepara
ton had not been applied. On portion
of the leaves we found qaite . number
ofdead worms, but none living, although
the bottom leaves showed no signs Of
poison Two feet from this stalk, End
where the poison had not been applied,
We iound stalk containing about fifteen
caterpillars, green and black, busy eat
ing the cotton; so numerous wore they
We counted FIVE worms on one ieaf. We
were told by themanagers that where
the poison had heeu applied anuuber of
The worms had died, falling to ,tAe
ground and were eaten by the chickens,
yctsthe chickens still live on. Wo ex
amined the cut where the puison had
been applied aad could find no, ussans.
which demonstrates to our satisfaetioR
that even if they do not eat the poison,
the preparation bsing distassefui, che
worms desert the plant and sock more
healthy quarters.sl Il g
A preparation Of one pound of Paris
green and twenty four pounds Of a6ur
was made aud dusted in our presence
over the cotton containing the wosms.-
In fifteen seconds one caterpillar leaped
from the stalk aud was eaten By tho
chchens, others crawled to the main
body of the plant, working their way to
the ground, whlo others remaipei / IN a
sluggish condition, asamplc of which We
brought TO our Office and in short time
this pest was dead as Hector. We have
since been told by parties who visited
this cotton in the afternoon that no siyu
of caterpillar could de n'yet the appli
cation had only been made that morniag.
We visited this cut the next afternoon
IN company with DR.. A. b. Hawkins, w.
H. Wilson, Geo. Lewis, Chas. @. Pearce,
Mr. Winthrop, Mr.. Page and eolored
man from NJ. Pcarcc's place, and exam
ined the cut, and aftera diligeht soaFoh
not worm could ae found. Dir. Bearoo
noticed live worms on stalk That had
not received the application aud. dead
ones on the next row where it had been
applied. All of the parties left fully
convinced that it was a complete success.
Wedn esday tho first application was
made, and on Friday night this cut was
visited with very heavy rain, aud still
the poison remained on The plant, the
-four making paste which is. difficult to
wash off. Dir, Pope, one of Mr. +. n.
Cottcn's managers, who has been expert
menting, reports thai after the poison
had been applied the worms in the next
twenty.four hours deserted this cut, and
none could be found. Mr.. Isler, his
other manager, visited this cotton, and
reports about as Mr.. Pope, He also
stated that this cotton had put on a new
growth, showing the poison did not
affect the plant. Mr.. Rufus Fucker, a
practical planter, also tried tho poison.
and says it is a complete success. He
had worms in .acut. made The appEca-
ton, asa next day could find 10 live
worms, dead ones appearing on The
ground and stalk.