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inhabiting them will be largely controlled. The thorough cultiva- 

 tion, during the late fall, winter, and earl}^ spring, of all land to 

 be Dlanted, or which "has been infested, will also be the means of 

 greatly reducing their numbers by killing many of the stages then 

 hibernating in the soil. These two general principles must be relied 

 upon to a large extent for the control of most of the minor cotton 

 insects. When they become overabundant those leaf -eaters which 

 chew their food may be poisoned with Paris green or other arsenicals, 

 used as a dust or made into a mash with bran. 



More intensive cultivation will undoubtedly result in a material 

 lessening of injury by these pests, for in the eastern cotton-growing 

 States they are by no means as injurious as in Texas, so far as the 

 records indicate. The better methods of cotton culture generally 

 recommended by this Department during the past few years will 

 undoubtedly result in the lessening of injury by all the more common 

 cotton insects. 



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