The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-15
r,A Cotton Worm.

THE Cotton Worm.
-Ian4ars in various sections OF
AH. balt are reporting that they nave
g me cotton worm, and some Oh ln nl
s7l an Int in specimens 10 make sure cna'
ss'e Sc, 81 mistaken IN their indenthca-
LEY 2. 10 insect. Aud not few papers
n'n - n,anting on the early appearance OF
aF' 0 cam and predicting, In conse-
s ~ a most destructive cO''0n-"Oiin
yeaT. 18th there is nothing remarkable IN
- .s.t that planters have seen the worm
DT in the season. says the Mobile reg
7 II argues nothing beyond this;
SS'. have better learned how TO look
al''' frs simply an indication of prog
in scientific agriculture. we nave
S'9 .ba cot on worm in April, and we are
Sc '.-ssd that no April has yet passed IN
Sa'-.,. :, did not have an existence, and was
w .ortinr upon the plants. But IN point
no' ..,obers it figured so insignihcantly that
l.n+srs did not happen to notice it. There
- IA from three to four generations OF
so,+on worm in any season before 1t has
-.ossd sufficiently to be seriously de-
stT a1so univ means of combating the cot
n .rorn vet known, is to poison it by
ksIscing poison upon the foliage OF the
f-an,s and the arsenical poisons are now
~darstood TO be the only poisons yet
80 that are effectual and entirely
Z--o.ticabJe. OF these Paris green was the
a. 10 come into general use. The first
--oorrmAndation of the use OF Paris green
~ the southern plantation was made In
,c-, correspondent wrote that crawtish
we're coming up in his farm and cutting
,oun his Young cotton-plants, and he
a nortad us TO recommend some means by
.rbicb he might combat them. Paris green
,vas then being used against the Colorado
E,stoto beatle at the north, and it occurred
- rs that this might be good thing with
rbicb 10 fight the crawfsh, so we recon-
,randed sprinkling the plants with Paris
rraen This was undoubtedly the first
q Recommendation of the use of Paris green
an the southern plantation. In 1872, the
o+e Can't. Isaac Donovan of Kushla, Mo-
4 HE county, told US that cotton worms had
"a snneared on his cotton, and asked for a
#remedy. Thinking again of what they
y we're doing for the potato beetle at the
north. we recommended trying Paris green,
and gave directions for the application.
1.-The captain put the thing to test and met
with entire success-that test was undoubt
.aIlv the first ever made with Paris green
%on cotton.
The most approved plan, now in vogue,
Df poisoning the cotton worm with Paris
green, is to put one pound of the poison or
into forty gallons of water, and
e while keeping it well shaken for it does not
dssolveD sprinkle it over one acre OF cotton
here the worms are working. 1t seems to
destroy Them effectually.
q London purple is now more extensively
Used than Paris green, on account of being
less expensive. 1t is handled in precisely
the same way and in the same proportion.
From year to year we have been publish
ing our arsenic remedy for the cotton
&worm, discovered by tests made ten years
Ego, in Texas, under the auspices of the
United States government. We still con-
i1er it the best means Of combating the
Bottom worm yet known, all things consid-
4 sred
E The arsenic used by us in our experiments
Twas the common white arsenic (.Acidiur,e
#rrSeni0SUm), costing BY the barrel, landed
4 Texas, from to cents per pound. We
Suppose it would cost about the same, at
he present time, in either Mobile, New
Orleans or Savannah, by the wholesale.
permanent solution was made by adding
10 i've gallons of water five pounds of
rsenic and one pound of sal soda, and then
sollng over fire, in common iron pot,
;ntll all the arsenic was dissolved. This
7lakes solution of arsenic that will keep
iOr any length of time without the slightest
precipitation.
VI VniS solution one quart was put into
ofty gallons of water, which was then
prlnked over field of worm-infested
otton IN the usual way. 1t destroyed the
worms, which were in strong force when
He application was made, leaving the
lantS uninjured to any extent worth nam
lg several similar tests were made, all
WIN uniform success. Forty gallons were
eund amply sufficient to go over an acre
cotton OF ordinary growth.
hefe We have remedy with which we
IN save our crops from rhe cotton worm at
cost OF II cents per acre, rating the price
arsenic at cents per pound and that of
"a SODA at cents, which would be very
3sA Tor the latter. This, it seems to us. is
eAtollng the matter of cost down to a point
cdedly fine. OF course there must be
19a In the final footing up of all OUTLAWS,
= iurtner cost OF preparation and appli-
~'ion' but II cents pays for the poison.
lio aS TO the cost of the application. it is
greater than that of any other iouid
sHeuyi Indeed it should not be so great
ins 10 the fact that the liquid is a per-
W So'utlon, and, therefore, does not re-
uHo tle agitation necessary to keen in
'penslon the insoluble poisons, such as
'luon purple and Paris green. The extra
VI preparing the saturated solution of
spniI might be put down as very small
0"l' out we think this is more than offset
sA0 advantages of having perfect So
''on o. the application, made in a mo-
r .u'' "lVnout the necessity of stirring and
Sauuing" for an hour or so with some
otbo o- o0.orlng matter, "daubing" up ones
-e9 ana everything else around after a
- ~ Vna1 could scarcely be considered
10y agreeable. Nothing of this kind
w. 'parlhg the arsenic for the cotton field
~ pour quart of clear solution into
Hon. a4s quo OF barrel containing forty