INSECTS IN THE VICTORY GARDEN 
Now, in time of war, the need for 
maximum production of food is more 
important than ever before. Our 
Government is asking urban as well 
as rural people to contribute their 
share again this year in meeting our 
huge food requirements. They can 
do this by growing Victory Gardens 
to supply their home needs for veg- 
etables, thus releasing food pro- 
duced from other sources to feed our 
fighters, our allies, and our workers 
on the home front. 
Twenty-two million Victory Gar- 
dens is the goal set tor 1944. This 
means that we need about 16 mil- 
lion city, town, and _ suburban 
gardens. 
Insects that feed on garden crops 
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must be controlled. In this guide the 
gardener will find a general discus- 
sion of insects and their control. 
Insects having the same or similar 
habits are listed together, and 
methods for combating them are 
given. No attempt is made to discuss 
each insect separately, or to give as 
wide a variety of control measures 
as commercial growers would need. 
A knowledge of insects and their 
food habits will be useful in applying 
control measures and will alsolessen 
the sometimes groundless fear of 
damage they may cause. For ex- 
ample, many insects that will not 
cause crop damage will be found 
in the garden, their presence being 
merely incidental. 
