316 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE RARN1, GARDEN, 

 AND ORCHARD.* 



THE present chapter is arranged with the express desire 

 that it may become a practical aid to the agriculturist. 

 It is intended solely as an insect manual to the farmer, 

 gardener, and fruit-grower, which shall give all possible informa- 

 tion as to the best means to ward off insect enemies, and will 

 be pruned of all scientific terms and technicalities not absolutely 

 needed for the accomplishment of the desired end. It is greatly 

 hoped that in spreading this information broadcast all our tillers 

 may be stimulated to practice the measures recommended, for 

 without concerted action to the fullest extent, this important 

 problem of insect injuries can never be perfectly solved. Will 

 not every farmer into whose hands it may fall, every grange, 

 club, and society, horticultural and agricultural, if only for sel- 

 fish ends, see that every farmer in the vicinity procure it, and 

 then all work together to make it in the largest degree useful ? 



Those insects which attack our field crops are first consid- 

 ered, next the insect pests of our gardens, and lastly, the ene- 

 mies of our orchards and vineyards. In each division the 

 insects are considered somewhat in the order of their im- 

 portance. 



The scientific name of each insect will be placed in a par- 

 enthesis, and can be passed over when desired. 



In the preparation of this manual, free use has been made 

 of the valuable reports of Messrs. Riley, Fitch, Le Baron, and 

 Walsh ; the American Entomologist, " Practical Entomologist," 

 and the important works of Harris, Curtiss, Packard, Saun- 

 ders, and Treat. 



*By PROFESSOR A. J. COOK, of the Michigan State Agricultural College. 



