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be disposed of without disarranging the habitual methods of practice 

 and without loss, then we consider it advisable, on account of insects 

 and diseases, to plow them under. 



All the foregoing culture considerations show that very much may 

 be done to ward off insect injury by slight changes in the methods of 

 culture which are already in common use, and, indeed, these are the 

 remedies most to be relied upon. It costs but a trifle to put these 

 methods to practice, and, as they are beneficial to the crop itself, 

 aside from all consideration of the insects, it would seem that ordinary 

 prudence would induce the intelligent cotton planter to at least have 

 them in mind to be employed as his needs may require. All the 

 good doctrine that has been taught to our farmers year in and year 

 out in bulletins, in the agricultural papers, in correspondence and 

 at the Farmers' Institutes, begging for wiser methods of plowing, 

 preparation of lands, fertilization and cultivation, all these tend also 

 to ward off serious insect injury. 



REGARDING- INSECTS AND THEIR NAMES. 



In discussing the cotton insects in this Bulletin we have given 

 both the popular and the scientific name of the species, and have in- 

 dicated the order and the family of insects to which each belongs. It 

 should be remembered that the Order is the more comprehensive 

 group, and each order is divided into a number of Families. 



The great majority of our common insects may be grouped into 

 seven orders, as follows: 



1. The Orthoptera (Or : thop-tera), including the Grasshoppers, 

 Katydids, Crickets, Roaches, etc. 



2. Hemiptera (He-mip-tera), Bugs, such as Chinch Bug, Terrapin 

 Bug, Lice, Plant-lice, Scale-insects,, etc. 



3. Neuroptera (Neu-rop-tera), Lace-wing Flies, Dobsohs, Dragon- 

 flies, May-flies, Darning-needles, Mosquito-hawks, etc. 



4. Lepidoptera (Lep-i-dop-tera), Butterflies, Skippers and Moths. 



5. Diptera (Dip-tera), the true two-winged Flies, such as House- 

 flies, Mosquitoes, Blow-flies, Horse-flies, etc. 



6. Coleoptera (Co-le-op-tera), Beetles, such as Potato-beetle, Bill- 

 beetle, Flea-beetle, June-beetle, Tumble-beetle, Tiger-beetle, etc. 



7. Hymenoptera (Hy-men-op-tera), Bees, Ants and Wasps. 



It is believed that this explanation and arrangement, will be help- 

 ful to those who are interested in learning how to recognize the 

 different orders of insects. 



INSECT ENEMIES OF COTTON. 



In the study of the cultural methods we found that many practices 

 which are used in the control of the cotton insects merely require 

 a change or modification of the ordinary methods of culture which 

 are already in common use, and do not require any large expense. 



