FOREWORD 



IN our work with boys and girls in the public 

 schools and with college students in agriculture we 

 have found that the greatest interest was taken in 

 subjects that answered the following question, 

 " What am I going to do with it ? " They are not 

 satisfied with the life history and habits of insects 

 unless the methods are explained by which they 

 may be controlled, provided the methods given are 

 practical. 



The stories in this book are written for the boys 

 and girls and for those persons who know nothing 

 about insects and how to fight them. The authors 

 have tried to write them in simple language and 

 no attempt has been made at exhaustive discus- 

 sions. The control measures have been confined 

 to such as may be readily employed by any one 

 troubled by the insects treated. Though the arti- 

 cles have been written in story form to assist the 

 teacher and parent to interest the child, the facts 



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