finy ldn(i of bird that liohavcs in a like manner? Tlie liiiniming bird? 

 Certainly; and these moths are sometimes mistaken for humming 

 l>irds. So we will call them the Hinuminij Bird Moths. 



But I want to speak of one more before closing. You will remem- 

 ber that I asked you to make a note of how the currant-worms took 

 their food. Now go into the garden and watch those large black 

 squash bugs, as they are feeding away on the squash vines. Can you 

 see where they have eaten the plants? You cannot? Well, the plant 

 seems to be dying. What is the cause? You can't tell? Let me help 

 YOU a little. Catch one of these bugs and look at its mouth under 

 your magnifying glass. You sec a straight beak. Can you tell me 

 how this one differs from the eu]iant-\\orm in its method of eating, 

 and why the squash plants were withering? You will notice that it 

 does not eat the leaf as the currant-worm did, but thrusts its beak into 

 the plant and sucks its juice, thus causing it to wither and die. 



Now, I think you will be able to see that the most of these insects 

 about which we have been talking are able .to do a ureat deal of in- 

 jury during their lifetime, if we but let them alone. Sometimes whole 

 gardens are desti'oyod and whole fields of grain are ruined in a single 

 season. A single insert is ^ery small and not able to do very much, 

 but when many of them unite their forces they are able to accomplish 

 great results. 



They attack our wheat, our oats, our larger fruit trees and our 

 smaller ones, as well as our garden crops — indeed almost everything 

 that grows may be injured by insects. Sometimes this State loses 

 a million or more of dollars' worth of agricultural products in a single 

 year by their ravages. This, you think, is a very imjDortant matter, 

 and so it is. Some of you may ask, is there no way to get rid of them? 

 Yes, there are many things that yorr can do to prevent them from do- 

 ing injury, but the methods are so difficult that I cannot explain them 

 lo you at this time. If your father is interested in the matter and 

 wishes some information on this subject, you had better ask him to 

 send a postal card to the Director of the Experiment Station, Lafay- 

 ette, Ind., stating that he is a farmer and asking for bulletin No. 69. 

 If he will do this he will receive a bulletin which will tell him how to 

 prevent insects from doing so mu(/h damage. 



The next time I shall talk about beneficial insects, or Our Insert 

 kiiends. 



