An Agricultural Movement

Part I of Essay
I hate bugs. All bugs, large and small. If it wasn’t for the fact that some are beneficial and have ecologically sound jobs to do, they should be wiped off the face of the earth. It’s all in the manner of how it’s done. Pesticides would do the job, killing the insects, ....

Part II of Essay
.... quote from 1882 saying that the evidence for the use of natural enemies and parasites to control pests is sufficient to support their use. (16). Even so, pesticides have been used for centuries. In James Whorton’s book, Before Silent Spring, he describes agriculture before the Industrial Revolution. He writes that farmers in the 1800's used arsenic and sulphur to stop insects and molds from harming their crops. Even then it was known that arsenic caused skin lesions, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and swollen, painful hands and feet. In ....