8 E. A. OEMEEOD — PEEVENTION' OF INSECT-INJT7EY. 



and that is by every means, whether by preparation of the ground, 

 draining, manuring, proper thinning of the crops, pruning of the 

 trees, or in whatever way we can manage it, to promote healthy 

 growth. The crop that is run healthily through germination, and 

 makes way rapidly in a kindly soil, is by no means certainly pre- 

 served in case of bad attacks, but in case of the moderate amount 

 usually to be expected, the field of plants making (say) their two 

 inches of growth per diem to counterbalance a loss of (say) one 

 inch by insect-ravage, will hold on whilst the field of stunted 

 growth that does not replace damage is lost; and whatever may 

 happen in the occasional visitations of destroying legions, or with 

 some pests whose attacks are especially difficult to meet, it may 

 safely be laid down that whether in farm or garden, one most 

 serviceable means of prevention of attack is good cultivation. 



"We must moreover all feel that prevention of loss which involves 

 yearly what cannot be estimated at less than hundreds of thousands 

 of pounds worth of the daily food of the nation, is a matter of vital 

 importance both to growers and consumers. 



