xvi ILLUSTRATIONS 



268. Noxious Weed Seeds Found in Farm Seeds (No. 1) 386 



269. Noxious Weed Seeds Found in Farm Seeds (No. 2) 387 



270. Enlarged Lapping Organ at Tip of Fly's Mouth 391 



271. Foot of the House Fly ' . , 391 



272. The "Rocky Mountain" Locust 393 



273. The American Grasshopper 393 



274. Chinch-bugs 394 



275. The San Jose Scale 394 



276. Round-head Apple Tree Borer 395 



277. Apple Wood 395 



278. Pea-weevil 395 



279. A Male and Female of the White Cabbage Butterfly 396 



280. Grain Moth 396 



281. Hessian-fly 397 



282. Bite of Curculio Insect Causes Deformed Growth 402 



283. Injury to Peaches 403 



284. Inside of Young Peach 403 



285. Breeding Cages for Insects 407 



286. Potato Tubers Attacked by Scab 410 



287. Oats Attacked by Smut Disease i 412 



288. Monilia (Brown Rot) of Peach 414 



289. Peach Leaf-curl Disease 415 



290. The Black-knot Disease 415 



291. Fifteen-spotted Lady-beetle 417 



292. Quails and Their Relatives 417 



293. A Spray Pump Operated by Hand 420 



294. Bordeaux Mixture 425 



295. Four-row Sprayer Operated by Chain Gear on Axle 426 



296. Spraying Shade Trees 427 



297. Spraying Accessories 428 



298. Spraying With Gas Engine 429 



299. Spraying Outfit 429 



300. Types of Spray Pumps 430 



301. Map of 100-acre Farm Badly Planned 439 



302. Farm of the Preceding Figure Replanned 439 



303. The Neighborhood Meeting 445 



304. Field Meeting 446 



305. A Community Meeting of Colored Farmers 446 



306. Drag Made From Two Pieces of Plank 448 



307. One Bale of Cotton Heavy Load on Bad Roads 449 



308. Ten or More Bales of Cotton Carted on Good Road 449 



309. A Septic Tank 450 



310. Hydro-pneumatic Pressure System 451 



311. A Bleak-looking Farm House 452 



312. The Same Home Later. . 452 



