The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-10
ATTENTION, FARMERS.
A Unique Method to Attract Peo-
pie to Georgia.
Georgia On Wheels in the Great Northwest
Important Article From the State En-
tomologist on the Cotton Worm.i

the auspices of the State Agricultural society
and the Central railroad, is making laudable
efforts to attract honest, industrious home
seekers to settle in the state.
One of the methods devised is unique, and
will not only prove attractive but very in
structive.
A special car is being fitted up veritable
Georgia on wheels" This car will be loaded
with variety Of specimens Of Georgia's pro-
ducts and sent through the northwest some
time in August in charge of Commissioner
Glessner and assistants
The Southern Empire, the organ of the
bureau, has the following interesting article on
the subject:
In the car will be representation Of all the
varied products and industries of Georgia.
From the mountains of north Georgia will
come specimens OF gold, silver, iron, lead, mar
BILE, manganese, graphite, mica, tale, and
other minerals, togetherw grains and fruits.
From middle Georgia will come samples of
wheat, rye, oats, corn, barley, cotton, vegeta-
bles, fruits, butter, honey and grasses. From
southern Georgia will come rice, sugar cane,
syrup, sugar, sea island cotton, olives, melons,
palmetto, grey moss, yams, and all the prod
ucts of that semi-trOpical region. From the
forests will come specimens of yellow pine,
CEDAR cypress, gum, oaks, hickory, poplar, tur-
pentine, rosin, etc. From the manufactures
will come samples OF cotton and wooden goods,
wooden ware, iron and a long line of man.
u1acUu1eQ alJlcICS. Inc COl1lllSSOner Is SDarlllS
no pains to make the exhibit both complete
and attractive, and he has enlisted in his aid
enterprising men in every section of the state.
lie asks all who have any special products
peculiar to their section, manufactured articles
or curiosities, to send them to him without
further invitation. Articles of special value
will be returned when so requested. Mark all
articles for exhibit, "W. L. Glessnor, commits
sioner of immigration, Americas, Ga" and
ship by LIST Of August. Label each article with
ocfcy IF
and notify commissioner of its shipment.
Papers throughout the state are requested to
copy this article and urge the people of their
county to prepare and print description of its
resources and advantages for distribution
throughout the NORTH shipping them to the
commissioner not later than the 10th Of
August.
The time is now at hand to consider the best
means to prevent the depredations of the cata-
pillar
AT the request of Commissioner Henderson,
DR.. l.. B. Clifton, recently appointed ento-
mologist of the agricultural department, pre-
pared the following article which embodies
much information concerning the cotton worm
and develops the latest practical methods of
destruction.
The article is published for the benefit of
the farmers, and Commissioner Henderson
urges upon them the necessity of taking
prompt action, particularly in those counties
IN which the pests are most likely to appear.
THE COTTON WORM.
About all that is known of this insect to-
gether with the method of its destruction by
poison, may be stated in a few words.
The caterpillar comes from an egg deposited
by the moth, generally on the under side of
the first or lower leaves OF the cotton weed.
The eggs hatch in from two to eight days.
The caterpillars while small do very little
damage. They merely burrow into the under
surface of the leaf, leaving trace of the yell
loWish stain. These burrows may be easily
III Isl n no nj hai fg,1Y1o and
color.
The worms make their appearance (the first
BROOD from May until July, depending on the
locality and season. In Florida and southern
Georgia they may come as early rs the first of
May, while i'll the northern part of the state
they hardly ever show up until about the first
of July. There are. in the latitude of Macon,
from three to five generations of these cater
pillars, while on the gulf there may be as
many as seven or even eight generations in
single season. In about three weeks the cater
pillars complete their growth and spin rude
cocoon, frequently using Il rolled leaf for this
purpose. In another week the moth is re-
leased from the cocoon, and within twenty
four hours proceeds to deposit eggs for the
second generation A single female moth may
lay as many as eight hundred eggs, and should
they all go through the changes without acct
dent it would be possible for one moth to be
the maternal ancestor of 20,0O0,0O0,000 cater
pillars in q single season. Five or six full
grown caterpillars on plant would endanger
the cotton crop.
Now, it is evident that war should be waged
on the first or spring brood of caterpillars The
cotton plants are then small and the worms
more easily discovered 1t also takes much
less fluid to spray the leaves at this time. The
young caterpillars are more susceptible TO the
poison, and the destruction of one worm at
this date may represent the destruction of
eight hundred month later, and more than u
million during the entire season.
The poison should be applied to the spot on
which the caterpillars are feeding. 1t would
be possible to spray thousands of gallons of in
seCtitude fluid on the tops of tho leaves with
out destroying single caterpillar, while they
are still young and feeding on the under side
of the leaf 1t is extremely difficult to wet the
under side of leaf with fluid applied from
| above. The pores through which the plant re-
spires are generally on the under side of the leaf
| and nature has so provided as to protect them
| from being wetted from above. Then, the
| only effective method is to apply the spray to
the under side of the leaves. Here must adj
| NIT that no spraying apparatus, with which
| am acquainted, is perfectly adapted for this
| work, but ii is TO be hoped that the ingenuity
| of some OF our inventive geniuses will contriye
| to supply this want.
| As to the poisons to be used, large number
! have been suggested, but the most effective, as
! well as the cheapest seems to be some form of
arsenic solution.
An excellent fluid for the purpose may be
made by any one of ordinary intelligence, as
| follows:
Arsenic, one pound
| Carbonate of soda, four ounces.
| Place these in gallon Of soft wator and boil
| until dissolved.
This gallon of solution should then be
diluted with $50 gallons OF water and used as
| spray applied to the under surfaces of the cot
! ton leaves where the young caterpillars are
| feeding. BY carefully watching the under
| side of the leaves for the first appearance of
the worms, small quantity of this find will
| destroy them.
| Paris green may be used instead Of the above.
| One pound Of Paris green 10 about fifty gall
! Ions of water and used in the same manner
London purple may also be used, but must
he continually agtated TO keep il suspended in
the water. One pound Of London purple TO
| 100 gallons of wateris about the right proper
tion. All these substances are preparations Of
| arsenic.
To summarize: Commence war on the cat
erpillars as soon as you discover their presence
Destroy the first generation if possible They
are not the ones that do the greatest damage,
but their descendants of the next and succeed
ing generations do the injury, and the easiest
way is TO destroy the first arrivals. After the
worms reach nearly their full growth they cat
so rayenously and rapidly that little can be
| done. Examine the under side Of the
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