. Bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Arizona. 194 BuLivETiN 87 damage. The only remedies which can be suggested consist in making observations to determine where the insects are breeding and in destroying them by spraying with coal oil or by burning whenever they are found concentrated in considerable numbers. If they have appeared in the cotton fields the only remedy available consists in hand picking. Each adult of this species is capable of destroying from two to five cents worth of cotton lint and it is unquestionably very profitable to collect them by hand when this work can be done at
. Bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Arizona. 194 BuLivETiN 87 damage. The only remedies which can be suggested consist in making observations to determine where the insects are breeding and in destroying them by spraying with coal oil or by burning whenever they are found concentrated in considerable numbers. If they have appeared in the cotton fields the only remedy available consists in hand picking. Each adult of this species is capable of destroying from two to five cents worth of cotton lint and it is unquestionably very profitable to collect them by hand when this work can be done at a slight cost, as for instance 10 or 15 cents a 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 University of Arizona. Agricultural Experiment Station. Tucson : Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arizona
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