The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-07-25
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1874

the plants, the plants must be wet in
order to make the powder adhere to
the leaves. Rains will wash the mix
ture away from the leaves, and it will
have to be renewed after heavy show.
ers. Some glutinous, or sticky sub
stance may be used with the Paris
green. and flour in order to cause it
to adhere to the leaves, but it is not
necessary. Sour or spoiled flour will
answer as we'll as the best; plaster,
ashes, and even dust have, in some
cases, been substituted for the flour,
but has not answered the purpose as
we'll as the -four. Applying the Par
is green on the first.sppearance OF
the caterpillars is recommended
and as soon as possible after the Sc
cond crop Of worms appears on the
plants also. No notice has been tax
en- Of patent nsect-destroyers, as the
patentees claim private and exclus-
i've right to use them. Only very
few cases of injury to man or beast
have been observed, and even some
Of those cases are not we'll substan-
tiated by proof. It, however, would
be well to caution persons using this
poison to be on the windward side
when dusting or showering it on the
plants, and not to let stock in to feed
npon the foliage. The prejudice of
the negroes against using Paris green
is now partially removed. The ap
plication Of Paris green not strong
enough to injure the cotton will kill
the beggars' lice weed in the rows
One or two of the favorable accounts
Of the success of Paris green in GER
tain localities must be considered,
however, as occurring in the same
neighborhoods where the worms
mysteriously disappeared in neigh
boring fields acithout the aid of the
poison. Fires arc said by some plant
ers to be of use in attracting and
destroying the moth or miller, and
by others to be injurious, as attract
ing moths from neighoring planta-
tons; and it has been observed that
the cotton has been very much at,
tackled Immediately around such fires
afterward, as if the moths had been
attracted by the fire and deposited
their eggs in the vicinity. Torches
are Of no avail unless generally used
by all the planters in a neighbor-
hood, except when placed over pans
or dishes containing some adhesive
substance, and into which they fall.
Great complaints have been made
by planters abouto the indiscriminate
destruction of lnsectigorous birds
which ought to be protected by law,
as they are exceedingly oseful in des-
troying the cotton caterpil'ar.-|
ST me planters used saltwater in the
proportion of gill to a bucketful-
and thought they experienced bene-
fetal results from it's use, while
others ploughed between the rows
with pine brush fastened to the sin
gle-tree in order to sweep off the cat
erpillars from the plants into the
ground. where they are either buried
under the earth or scorched to death |
before they are able to reascend the
plants. Kerosine oil crcsylic soap,
and other preparations have been
used, but to no great extent, though |
with some beneficial results. Yur-
koys driven into the field, as in the
case of tobacco worms in Maryland
and Virginia, will quickly extermin-
ate many Of the caterpillars, and
have been highly spoken of by three
Of our corrcspondents.-Monthly Re-
port of Department of Agriculture.
~ Bernau and his "S p C. A"
have got into trouble. The Courts
are after him and have declared
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