Cornell Study Clubs ii6i 



Insect Pests of House and Garden 



(Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course Bulletin No. 2) 



" And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean to he some happy creature's 



palace." 



roll call Members respond by each naming a pest and telling how to 



eradicate it 



PAPER Insects as carriers of disease. Mrs 



paper Fumigation and other methods of exterminating insects. 



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debate Question: Resolved, That insect pests of the house have 



caused more expense than have those of the garden and 



orchard 



Affirmative Negative 

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References: 



The principal household insects of the United States. Bulletin No. 4, 



Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 

 How insects affect health in rural districts. Farmers' Bulletin No. 



155, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 House flies. Circular No. 35, Bureau of Entomology, United States 



Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 House ants. Circular No. 34, Bureau of Entomology, United States 



Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 The true clothes moths. Circular No. 36, Bureau of Entomology, 



United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 The carpet beetle, or " Buffalo moth." Circular No. 5, Bureau of 



Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 

 Cockroaches. Circular No. 51, Bureau of Entomology, United States 



Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 Control of flies and other household insects. Education Department 



Bulletin, February 15, 1910. Albany, N. Y. 

 Control of household insects. Ephraim Porter Felt. Education 



Department Bulletin, May i, 1909. Albany, N. Y. 



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 from whom the publications can be obtained at a nominal price. In ordering publications, be careful to 

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