CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Loss TO AGRICULTURE DUE TO INSECTS AND RODENTS 1 



II. FARM PRACTICES TO LESSEN INSECT AND RODENT INJURIES. .... 5 



III. EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF INSECTS; ORDERS; METAMORPHOSIS. . . 11 



IV. COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS 25 



V. INSECTICIDES AND SPRAYING 40 



VI. FUMIGATION 61 



VII. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE 68 



VIII. INSECTS AFFECTING THE PEAR AND QUINCE 108 



IX. PLUM, PEACH, AND CHERRY INSECTS 113 



X. INSECT PESTS OF BERRIES AND GRAPES 133 



XI. PRINCIPAL INSECTS AFFECTING CITRUS FRUITS 173 



XII. INSECTS AFFECTING FIELD CROPS AND PASTURAGE 185 



XIII. INSECTS AFFECTING TRUCK CROPS AND THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 226 



XIV. INSECT ENEMIES OF GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE PLANTS, AND OF 



THE FLOWER GARDEN : 252 



XV. INSECTS AFFECTING SHADE TREES 260 



XVI. INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND THE HOUSEHOLD 291 



XVII. INSECTS AND INSECT-LIKE ANIMALS ATTACKING STOCK AND 



POULTRY 314 



XVIII. MILL AND ELEVATOR INSECTS AND MILL FUMIGATION 345 



XIX. OUR INSECT FRIENDS 364 



XX. THE RELATIONS OF BIRDS TO AGRICULTURE 372 



XXI. SOME FOUR-FOOTED PESTS OF THE FARM 413 



INDEX . . 437 



