4-H CLUB INSECT MANUAL AT 
SELECT INSECTS TO BE REARED. MAKE REARING CAGES 
[Fourth meeting—May ] 
Equipment : 
1. Hach member should have a list of common insects 
about the farm or home. 
2. Glass container with both bottom and top open, such 
as lamp chimney or fruit can with bottom removed. 
3. A piece of cheesecloth. 
4. Flowerpot or can in which to grow plant. 
5. Sereen wire. 
RICH L1G Class 6. Sticks of wood (small, to support screen cage). 
insect rearing 7. Carpet tacks. 
cage. Procedure: 
1. From life cycle presented in books or bulletins, decide 
which insects can be reared during Summer. 
2. As far as possible, have each member select a differ- 
ent insect to rear. 
3. Outline procedure for rearing insects. 
4. Glass cage. 
a. Place globe over plant and firm it in soil. 
b. Fasven cheesecloth over top. 
. Screen cage. 
a. Roll screen to make cylinder of desired size. 
6. Tack stick to fold in screen (leaving stick 2 or 
3 inches longer than screen). 
Soe ee a beats c. Fasten cloth or screen over top. 
: d. Insert point of stick in soil. Firm soil around 
Screened insect 5 
rearing cage. base of wire. 
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SELECT CONTROL PROJECT. MIX AND APPLY INSECTICIDES 
[Fifth meeting—June] 
Equipment : 
1. List of crops or animals about your home. 
2. List of insects causing damage. 
3. Samples of all insecticides to be used by each club member. 
FicurE 118.—Insecticide containers. 
4. Necessary vessels for mixing. 
5. Bulletins and books on insect control. 
Procedure : 
Select most troublesome insect pests in community. 
. Assign to each club member a different insect to control. 
. Work out control measures to be followed by each club member. 
Each member, or team, demonstrates mixing of each kind of insecticide 
to be used. 
. Tell story of need for thorough mixing, for caution, ete. 
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