4-H CLUB INSECT MANUAL 61 
local problem are cleverly presented with sufficient wit and humor to 
lighten the serious thought back of the play. 
Young people engaged in insect study should be encouraged to take 
the initiative in writing their own playlets to suit local conditions, and 
then cast them in harmony with the talent available. This procedure 
should be helpful in stimulating originality and sustaining interest 
among the club members concerned. 
Each member who takes part in a playlet should keep in mind that 
in portraying a character he should be natural; avoid acting too me- 
chanically; try to speak smoothly—not hesitate; practice to imper- 
sonate the character he is to represent. 
DEMONSTRATIONS * 
Demonstrations provide club members with the opportunity ac- 
tively to study the details and technicalities of insect control, es- 
pecially in relation to insects that are prevalent in their own com- 
munities. Club members themselves not only become well informed, 
but are thereby better prepared to pass this information on to others. 
The damage done by an insect, how it lives (life cycle), its feeding 
habits and methods of control, constitute major points which should 
be well developed in any 4-H team demonstration dealing with insect 
control. These points are outlined a little more in detail in the sample 
outline on pages 62 and 63. Club members may use this guide in 
planning a team demonstration on the control of any insect or insects 
found in their community, as, for example, insects on flowers, or 
peach borer control. : 
A club tour or a survey of the various kinds of insects foun 
around their homes and in their communities not only will aid club 
members in the selection of a demonstration subject having much 
practical value and worthy of being demonstrated, but will furnish 
them with helpful, important data for the development of their dem- 
onstration. (Note points listed under introduction in outline, page 62.) 
The insect, the host,? and some evidence of the damage caused 
by the insect should be shown in the introduction. A chart or poster 
presenting important data on the insect or demonstration subject, 
resulting possibly from a club survey, makes the introduction more 
convincing because it helps to emphasize the need for good control 
methods. 
In presenting the demonstration, material such as models of 
insects or charts should be kept out of sight except when in use. 
When these materials are being used in the demonstration, they should 
be handled in such a way that they are plainly visible to the audience. 
Diagrams or charts will help to illustrate the feeding habits and 
different kinds of mouth structures of insects, and other minute 
processes and structures. 
To have their demonstration fundamentally sound and complete, 
club members should make an exhaustive study of all the subject- 
matter material available relating to their demonstration, In addi- 
tion to using the material in this manual, club members may consult 
* Demonstrations may be given at the fifth meeting, in June, and the sixth meeting, in 
July. See calendar of activities for third-year work, p. 60. 
° The host of an insect is the plant or animal or its products on which the insect feeds, 
Such as cabbage for the cabbageworm or furs and woolens for the clothes moth. 
