Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . - to cotton by the cowpea-pod weevil usuallystarts in areas where the previous crop was co^^, in some locahties where this pest is a serious one,it mav be desirable to change the rotation that is generallv. JriG. 179.—Co^PEA-POD Weevil. 408 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS advisable on cotton farms, so as to grow no cow^jeas justbefore cotton, substituting some other legume, as velvetbeans, or soj^beans, or crimson clover. Liberal fertilization and the use of a little nitrate ofsoda in the drill at the time of planting hasten the growi:hof the
Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . - to cotton by the cowpea-pod weevil usuallystarts in areas where the previous crop was co^^, in some locahties where this pest is a serious one,it mav be desirable to change the rotation that is generallv. JriG. 179.—Co^PEA-POD Weevil. 408 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS advisable on cotton farms, so as to grow no cow^jeas justbefore cotton, substituting some other legume, as velvetbeans, or soj^beans, or crimson clover. Liberal fertilization and the use of a little nitrate ofsoda in the drill at the time of planting hasten the growi:hof the young plant and thus shorten the time during whichit is subject to the attacks of the cow^ea-pod wee^al andof cutworms. When this insect is present before cotton ischopped, a thick stand should be left, to be thinnetl to afinal stand after the attacks of this insect have ceased. 376. The cotton caterpillar (Alabama argiUacea). — For-merly this was the most destructive enemy of the cottonplant. In recent decades the injur}- has been infrequentand never widespread. The damage is done l)y the larvalor caterpillar stage of a graj-ish moth. Eggs are laid onthe underside of the leaves, where the larvae hatch anddevour the fohage. On reaching the proper degree of
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