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by the distribution, a little while before planting, of a mix- 

 ture of Paris green with either moistened wheat bran or 

 corn-meal, or by other kinds of poisoned bait. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



Inspection of the cotton fields should be made for the pur- 

 pose of observing any of the insect pests here mentioned which 

 may be in evidence at the time this chapter is studied, or to note 

 the injuries resulting from their work. 



In the absence of such insects a laboratory period should be 

 spent in examining pictures and descriptions of these insects 

 in the publications cited below. 



LlTEH.^.TURE 



Boll-worm. 



Bishop, F. C, and Jones, C. R. U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmer's 

 Bui. No. 290. 



QuAiNTANCE, A. L., and Bishop, F. C. U. S. Dept. Agr., Far- 

 mer's Bui. No. 212. 



Boll-weevil. 

 Hinds, W. K. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Entomology, Buls. 51 and 



74 ; Ala. Expr. Sta., Bui. No. 146. 

 Hunter, W. D. U. S. Dept. Agr., Parmer's Bui. No. 344. 

 Newell, W., and others. Numerous publications of La. Crop 

 Pest Commission. Baton Rouge, La. 



Cotton insects in general. 

 Howard, H. L. U. S. Dept. Agr., Offloe of Expr. Sta., Bui. No. 



33, pp. 317-3.50. 

 Sherman, F., Jr. N. C. Dept. Agr., Bui., .Tune, 190S. 

 Sanderson, E. D. U. S. Dept. Agr., Parmer's Bui. No. 223. 



Numerous publications of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology ; of the Louisiana Crop Pest 

 Commission, Baton Rouge ; of the Georgia State Board of En- 

 tomology, Atlanta ; and of most of the Experiment Stations in 

 the cotton-belt. 



