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INSECTS 



MALE AND FEMALE CATTLE TICKS 

 (Natural Size) 



pounds of honey in a season, in addition to that which 

 they need as food for themselves during the winter. 



Many men, women, and 

 children like to tend bees, 

 finding it both pleasant and 

 profitable work. 



Destructive insects. - 

 Many insects cause great 

 loss by destroying crops, 

 absorbing vitality from ani- 

 mals, and spreading diseases 

 among animals and people ; 

 and the destruction or prevention of insect enemies is 

 a very important part of farm practice. 



We get an idea of the enormous loss caused by in- 

 sects when we see the damage done by the Colorado 

 potato beetle, cutworm, Hessian fly, cotton boll- 

 weevil, apple worm, scale insects, and the caterpillars 

 of the brown-tail and gypsy moths. Blood-sucking 

 insects are not only trouble- 

 some, but many of them are 

 the carriers of disease germs 

 from the sick to the healthy. 

 Texas fever, which is a seri- 

 ous handicap to cattle rais- 

 ing in the Southern states, 

 is spread by the biting of the 

 cattle ticks. Yellow fever is spread only by the bites 

 of the yellow fever mosquito ; and malaria is carried 



COTTON BOLL WEEVIL 

 (Magnified) 



