Farmers are now using some of the newer insecticides. These should be handled with 

 respect. Wear rubber gloves when handling, never pour by holding a container above 

 your head, and always pour granules into hoppers so that the wind will blow any 

 dust away from you. 



READ THE INSECTICIDE LABEL AND FOLLOW ALL PRECAUTIONS 



This weekly report was prepared as follows: 



INSECTS: H .B . Petty, Steve Moore, Roscoe Randell , Don Kuhlman , and Tim Cooley , 

 College of Agriculture , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , and the Illi- 

 nois Natural History Survey. 



PLANT DISEASES: M.C. Shurtleff , Department of Plant Pathology . 



AG COMMUNICATIONS : Del Dahl . 



The information for this report was gathered by these people, staff members, county 

 Extension advisers, and others, in cooperation with the USDA Agricultural Research 

 Service, Plant Pest Control Branch. 



