. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 15. Fig. 1-1. The Spreading-board. Cases are necessary for hold- ing and displaying the insects captured. At first the collector may use cigar boxes very satis- factorily, but the time will come when he will not be satisHed with anything less than good insect cases, which will keep out dust and minute insect pests. The bottoms should be lined with sheet cork which can be purchased from dealers in insect supplies, or with bottle wrappers obtained from druggists. For exhibition pur- poses insect cases should have glass covers, if possible. Collec- tors who wis
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 15. Fig. 1-1. The Spreading-board. Cases are necessary for hold- ing and displaying the insects captured. At first the collector may use cigar boxes very satis- factorily, but the time will come when he will not be satisHed with anything less than good insect cases, which will keep out dust and minute insect pests. The bottoms should be lined with sheet cork which can be purchased from dealers in insect supplies, or with bottle wrappers obtained from druggists. For exhibition pur- poses insect cases should have glass covers, if possible. Collec- tors who wish to make their col- lections look tidy, neat and artistic may line their cases with fine, glossy white paper. This im- proves very much the appearance of the collection as a whole. Every specimen which has been placed in a collection should have a date and locality label and a name label attached. These labels may be written free hand or they maybe printed with pen and ink. Printed labels, as a rule, look much better than written ones. The proper time to place date and locality label upon the insect is at the time of pinning, and it is usually placed below the insect about a third of the way up the pin. The name label is placed near the bottom of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture; Ontario Agricultural College. Toronto : Ontario Dept. of Agriculture
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