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INSECTS INJURIOUS TO FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD CROPS. 



W. Lochhead, Macdonald College 



An attempt is made here to furnish the farmer, gardener and fruit-grower a 

 ready means of identifying the insects that may trouble their crops. Every insect 

 is known by the character of the injury it produces, and in the case of farm and 

 garden crops such a character is made the basis of identification. With orchard 

 insects, however, a combination of three characters, viz.: the injury produced, the 

 part of the tree injured, and the general appearance of the insect, is employed. 



It is believed that the average farmer and fruit-grower will be able to use 

 this method of determining the insects which injure their crops. 



Moreover, it is the duty of every person who attempts to grow crops success- 

 fully to observe his crops carefully for the first indications of injury from insects, 

 for prevention is better than cure. If he makes careful observations as to the 

 nature of the injuries, and the character of the insects that are present, he is in a 

 position to get proper advice from the expert, whom he may consult, regarding 

 the best methods of control. 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO WHEAT, RYE, BARLEY AND OATS 



The Roots. 



1. Plants are stunted, turn yellow, and wither or die; roots eaten. 



(a) Smooth, slender, wire-like, 6-legged worms are present in the soil. 

 — Wireworms. 



May Beetle : o. beetle; 6. pupa; c. egg; d. e. larva (White Grub) — slightly enlarged. 

 (Chittenden, Bull.) 19, n.s., Div. of Ent., U.S. Dept. of Agr. 



(b) There are present in the soil large soft-bodied whitish grubs, with brown 

 heads and hinder portion of body thicker than fore end. When disturbed 

 grubs curl up. — White grubs. 



(c) Large dirty brown maggots, ^-1 inch long. — Meadow Maggots. 



