Yl PEEFACE. 



insect is treated somewhat comjirehensively as to life- 

 history, habits, and remedies, yet without being exhaustive 

 or technical, to be of considerable service to them. To 

 furnish such a guide to the more intelligent class of prac- 

 tical farmers has been the aim of the writer, w^io trusts 

 that the following j^ages will be read as such and not as in 

 any way a contribution to science. 



The author wishes most unreservedly to disclaim any 

 originality for the contents of the work, and to state that 

 unless otherwise noted all the facts are merely compiled 

 from the writings of others. Free use has been made of 

 the writings of all the most prominent American ento- 

 mologists. Where the treatment of a group of insects has 

 been largely drawn from one or two sources, they will often 

 be indicated by quotations in the text. 



Many of the following chajiters or parts of them have 

 previously appeared in various agricultural journals during 

 the past three or four years, to the editors of which the 

 author desires to express his thanks for their courtesy in 

 allowing him to here republish them: namely. The Country 

 Gentleman, The Farmers' Eeview, Farm and Fireside, 

 Farm Xews, The National Rural, Texas Farm and Eanch, 

 The American Agriculturist, The National Stockman and 

 Farmer, and The Practical Farmer. 



The author is jjarticularly indebted to Prof. M. V. 

 Slingerland, of Cornell University, for kindly reading 

 23ortions of the manuscrijot and for several suggestions of 

 value; to Dr. L. 0. Howard for assistance in part of Chap- 

 ter X; and to his wife, Anna Cecilia Sanderson, for a large 

 amount of clerical assistance. 



K. I) WIGHT Saxdkksox. 

 Newark, Del., February, 1901. 



