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MISC. PUBLICATION 318, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Procedure : 



1. Completely fill out record books. 



2. Fill out blank forms from information on pages 54 to 56. 



3. Spade garden or follow plow. 



a. See how many insects are in trash to be plowed under. 

 6. See how many soil insects can be found on freshly turned soil 

 that are exposed to the weather and birds. 



4. Plant cover crops on freshly worked soil. 



Name 



(Cluo member) 



Insect-Control Experiment 

 Spray Record Sheet 



Name of plant! 



Name of insect to be controlled 



Does this insect have chewing or sucking mouth parts?_ 



What spray or dust material was used? S</-^^t 



Strength of dust material: .7 5 - -ffzi-£As<u-~s£~ 



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Spray Calendar 



Application 



Date 



Height of plant 



State of development of plant 



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Inches 



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Figure 124. — Sample of record sheet. 



IDENTIFICATION CONTESTS. JUDGING CONTESTS 



[Eleventh meeting — December] 



Contests may be used to make individuals better acquainted with insects and 

 insect injury to the host, as well as with control measures. Contests may be 

 between individuals within a club or between members of different clubs. Each 

 club member may fill out a form for 10 insects as indicated in the contest record 

 sheet shown on page 52. 



