This book contains a comprehensive discussion of insects and their relation to the farming process, with information on their identification, prevention, eradication, and much more besides. Complete with interesting, practical information, and profusely illustrated, this vintage text contains information that is still of great relevance today. The chapters include: 'Agriculture and the Present School Curriculum', 'The Third Farm Practice, Decoy Crops', 'The Fourth Farm Practice, Pasturing', 'The Fifth Farm Practice, Good Planting', 'The Sixth Farm Practice, Plant Breeding', 'One Insect as a Type Study', 'Stages in Life History', 'The Subject of Sex', 'The Horse Fly', etcetera. We are proud to republish this volume, now complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on farming.