. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). I2l6 The Cornell Reading-Courses appearance of the little songsters is keenest, it may help to give them the gentleness that is a part of all strong character; and whatever protection to their feathered friends is thus brought about will surely be an economic benefit to the district about their homes. Study of insect life from an economic standpoint
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). I2l6 The Cornell Reading-Courses appearance of the little songsters is keenest, it may help to give them the gentleness that is a part of all strong character; and whatever protection to their feathered friends is thus brought about will surely be an economic benefit to the district about their homes. Study of insect life from an economic standpoint It has been stated v/ith authority that the loss occasioned by noxious insects every year in the United States is so great that the amount, if saved, would more than pay the cost of all the public schools of the country. Moreover, the actual destruction of valuable crops is not the greatest harm that is charged against some of our most common insects: mos- quitoes and flies have been proved to be capable of carrying in- fectious diseases and are a menace to health and life. This being true, it would certainly pay the country to see to it that the children in the schools are taught something about their insect foes and how to fight them: that adult mosqui- toes and house flics hibernate during the winter, and every one destroyed as it crawls forth in the spring to sun itself on garret or cellar windows is an act of self- FiG. 72. Freesias defense against future swarms; that domestic animals and poultry are often rendered miserable and unprofitable to their owners by being infested with noxious insects and must be helped to get rid of such vermin; that there is a proper time to spray for the destruction of the scale insects that do so much harm to the fruit trees; that there is hardly a plant of the farm or garden which has not one or more insect enemies to be combated and that the government of the country has thought it a good investment of public money to employ skillful men
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