4-H CLUB INSECT MANUAL 7 
MAKE COLLECTION BOX 
; Equipment : 
1. Cigar box, 2 by 6 by 8 inches preferred. 
2. Piece of double-faced, corrugated cardboard or soft fiberboard. 
3. Glue. 
4. Moth ball. 
5. Common pins. 
6. Box or folder of matches. 
FIGURE 11.—Cigar box equipped 
FiIGurRE 10.—Cigar box. for insect collecting. 
Procedure: 
. Cut cardboard to fit bottom of box. 
. Smear glue on bottom of box and insert cardboard. 
. Box may be lined with white paper. 
. Heat head of pin from lighted match. 
. Insert hot head of pin into moth ball and cool. 
. Stick moth ball, on pin, into corner of box. 
OUR CONE 
MAKE COLLECTING NET 
[Third meeting—April] 
Hquipment : 
1. Small wooden handle about 3 feet long (broom handle). 
2. Five feet of heavy, stiff wire (barrel hoops or telephone wire). 
Wood handle Wire C/orh pattern 
Figure 12.—Wooden handle, wire, and cloth pattern for making collecting net. 
3. Piece of cloth 3 by 5 feet (mosquito netting or better grade material). 
4. Pattern from which to cut cloth. 
; 5. Saw, hammer, brace, small bit, narrow 
wood chisel. 
6. Cord for wrapping wire onto handle. 
Procedure: 
. Bend wire into shape. 
. Bore hole and cut grooves in proom 
handle. 
. Cut cloth and sew it together. 
. Slip bag on wire. 
. Attach wire to handle. 
. Reference: Collection and Preserva- 
tion of Insects. United States De- 
partment of Agriculture Farmers’ 
FicurE 13.—Collecting net. Bulletin 1601. 
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