4-H CLUB INSECT MANUAL 49 
MAKE HIBERNATION CAGES. COLLECT AND PLACE INSECTS IN CAGES 
[Highth meeting—September ] 
Equipment: 
1. Two pieces of screen about 24 inches square and one piece 24 inches 
wide and 6 feet long (or enough to cover four sides of a 24-inch 
cube). 
FIGuRE 122.—Materials for making hibernation cage. 
2. Wooden strips to make frame for cage (eight 1- by 1- by 20-inch, and 
four 1- by 1- by 22-inch strips). 
3. Nails and carpet tacks. 
4. A container in which to collect live insects. 
Procedure: 
1. Nail frame together. 
. Cover with screen. 
. Tack very tightly to prevent insects’ escape. 
. If possible, fit door into one side. 
. Allow the four longer corner strips to extend 
below wire. 
Sink longer legs in soil. 
Place leaves, sticks, ete., in cage. 
. Collect live insects from crops. 
. Place several hundred beetles or bugs inside. 
. Examine occasionally to see that cage has not 
been molested. 
. Hxamine and count bugs that come out alive in 
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FIGURDP 123.—Hibernation : 
cage, complete. spring. 
EXHIBIT INSECTS. STUNTS AND PLAYS ABOUT INSECTS. ‘WIENIE” ROAST 
[Ninth meeting—October] 
Equipment : 
1. Collections of insects. 
2. ““Wienies,” marshmallows, cider, ete. 
3. Club members, parents, and friends. 
Procedure: 
1. Arrange collections. 
2. Prepare and serve refreshments. 
3. Games, stunts, and plays. 
COMPLETE RECORD BOOKS. SPADE GARDEN OR FOLLOW PLOW 
[Tenth meeting—November ] 
Equipment: . 
1. Record book, pencils. 
2. All notes taken during year. 
3. Spade. 
4, Blank forms. 
