CONTENTS 



PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION i 



PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION iii 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INJURY TO CROPS BY INSECT PESTS 1 



II. BENEFICIAL INSECTS, PREDACEOUS AND PARASITIC 8 



III. STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF INSECTS 20 



IV. FARM METHODS FOR THE CONTROL OF INSECTS 29 



V. INSECTICIDES 39 



VI. SPRAYING AND DUSTING APPARATUS 59 



VII. INSECTS AFFECTING GRAINS, GRASSES AND MISCELLANEOUS 



CROPS 78 



VIII. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO SMALL GRAINS 117 



IX. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CORN 143 



X. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO STORED GRAINS 176 



XI. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CLOVER AND ALFALFA 189 



XII. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO TOBACCO 212 



XIII. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO COTTON 226 



XIV. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO POTATOES AND TOMATOES 256 



XV. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO BEANS AND PEAS 278 



XVI. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO BEETS AND SPINACH 299 



XVII. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CABBAGE AND RELATED CROPS 314 



XVIII. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO MELONS, CUCUMBERS, SQUASH, ETC . . 340 



XIX. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO MISCELLANEOUS GARDEN CROPS 361 



XX. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE STRAWBERRY 389 



XXI. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY. . . . 403 

 XXII. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY 418 



XXIII. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE GRAPE 432 



XXIV. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO ORCHARD FRUITS 470 



XXV. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE AND PEAR 514 



XXVI. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE PEACH, PLUM AND CHERRY 575 



XXVII. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CITRUS FRUITS 599 



XXVIII. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO MAN AND IN THE HOUSEHOLD 635 



XXIX. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND POULTRY .... 657 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 689 



INDEX 692 



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