CORNELL 



1ReabinG=*Cour8e for J^armets' Mives 



Published by the College of Agriculture, op Cornell University, 

 FROM November to March and Entered at Ithaca, as Second-Class 

 Matter under Act of Congress of July i6, iSq4. L. H. Bailey, Director. 



Martha Van Rensselaer Supervisor. 



NEW SERIES I. 

 SANITATION. 



ITHACA, N. Y., 

 DECEMBER, 1908. 



No. 2. 

 INSECT PESTS. 



INSECT PESTS OF HOUSE AND GARDEN. 



BY M. V. SLINGERLAND. 



^HE principal insect pests which infest our homes may be placed 



Those that breed in the house 

 food, raiment and furniture — 



Annoy man. 



I in two general groups: I. 

 and annoy man or eat his 



Clothes-moths ) Eat clothing and 



Carpet-beetles j furniture. 



Cockroaches — Get into the food. 



Bedbugs 



Fleas 



II. Those that breed outside the 

 house and, coming into the house, 

 annoy the householder or get into 

 the food — 



Mosquitoes ] Annoy man and 



Flies r carry diseases. 



Ants — Get into the food. 



New York housewives are more 

 fortunate than their Southern sisters, 

 because during the cold winter 

 months they have a respite from the 

 annoyance caused by household in- 

 sects, with the possible exception 

 that sometimes carpet-beetles con- 

 tinue to work in warm closets or 

 attics,, and cockroaches may continue 

 their nightly maraudings. Cleanliness 



is surely the watchword in the constant warfare against household 

 insects. This is especially true of the insects which live and breed inside 

 the house. Plenty of light, sunshine and fresh air will also help materially 



State of New York — Department of Agriculture, — Farmers Wives' Reading-Course Bulletin No 2. 



Pat 



Fig. 19. 



-Rose infested with aphids or 

 plant-lice. 



