CHAPTEK XI. 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO TOBACCO. 



It would hardly be supposed that a plant like tobacco, 

 which when dried is used as an insecticide, would be 

 troubled Avitli many insect enemies, and experience has 

 shown this to be very largely a fact, as only three or four 

 insects are recognized as what might be termed ^^ standard 

 pests" of tobacco throughout the country, though an 

 equal number, whose injuries have not been especially 

 noticed hitherto, have been coming into prominence m 

 various sections in recent years; yet the few insects which 

 do attack tobacco, if left to themselves, are entirely capable 

 of doing a vast amount of damage; for that which would 

 be considered but a slight injury to other plants means a 

 considerable loss in the sale of a tobacco-crop with imper- 

 fect leaves. 



INJURING THE TOUXG PLANTS. 



Cutworms. 



To begin with, as soon as the plants are set out they are 

 attacked by those old foes of the farmer, with which he 

 has to contend in the growing of almost every truck and 

 garden crop, the Cutworms. The cutting of the stems of 

 the young plants by these worms often necessitates replant- 

 ing, sometimes a second time. This injury is especially 



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