. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Ui THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. October ii, INSECT NOTES. A NEW COTTON PEST. An unusual occurrence has taken place at .St. Kitts during the present cotton-growing season, which seems to indicate that a new and unexpected jiest of young cotton plants has appeared. The circumstances of occuri-ence are briefly stated herewith. On two estates in St. Kitts much trouble was experi- enced in getting cotton established in certain fields, the young plants being eaten off as soon as they appeared above ground. On one e
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Ui THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. October ii, INSECT NOTES. A NEW COTTON PEST. An unusual occurrence has taken place at .St. Kitts during the present cotton-growing season, which seems to indicate that a new and unexpected jiest of young cotton plants has appeared. The circumstances of occuri-ence are briefly stated herewith. On two estates in St. Kitts much trouble was experi- enced in getting cotton established in certain fields, the young plants being eaten off as soon as they appeared above ground. On one estate about 30 acres had suffered from these attacks; one field of 14 acres was planted several times, and completely destroyed each time; and eventually another crop was planted instead of cotton. On another estate a patch of about 2 acres in a large field was planited and eaten down .«ix times. The characteristic feature of these attacks is to be found in the fact that the cotyledons or seed leaves are eaten. Any plant which gets through the seed leaf stage and develops its first foliage leaf seems to escape further attack. The cause of this injury has been difficult to locate, but after repeated searches the Agricultural Superintendent has established the fact that the damage is done by cockroaches. At the time of the Mycologists's visit to St. Kitts in July these affected cotton fields were visited by that officer with Mr. Shepherd, when they found a few crickets, grass- hoppers and cockroaches, but no beetle-grulis or cut worms were found which might have caused the injury. 'Sh. Shepherd afterwards applied a piiison bait of corn- meal and Paris green to a portion of this field planted with cotton for this purpose. Four days later the plants were just coming up, and they were unliiirmed: but there were large numbers of dead cockroaches lying on the ground in the vicinity of the rows where the poison had been applied. Since that time the Agricultural Superintendent has cond
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