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Excerpt from The Pear Thrips (Euthrips Pyri) We believe that if the ground be thoroughly plowed and cultivated during November, 'december, and January, or before the insects leave the ground, which they begin to do by the first of February, many of these young thrips would be killed or injured or so disturbed that but few would ever reach maturity. Our present manner of cultivation is well adapted to give the thrips a long, undisturbed period of rest. During the late spring and early 'summer, when thrips are in the ground, we give the soil nothing but light cultivation, and as the insects are still in an active larval stage they seek another place of hiding, if disturbed. After this no cultivation is usually done until the last of February or March of the following year, by which time the insects have left the ground. While the plowing and cultivating method of control has not been thoroughly tried, we believe it gives more promise than any other yet suggested. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.