TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - 1953 Entomology Program T2 - 1952 Hercules Advertisements ID - mw22v6063 AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1952/// YR - 1952 AV - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1952 VL - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1952 AN - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1952 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/mw22v6063 AB - Advertisement for Hercules Powder Company's sponsorship of the National 4-H Entomology Program for 1953 with a photograph of a boll weevil killed by toxaphene. Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant primarily used in agricultural insecticides. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified its business to encompass a variety of industrial products, including pine and paper chemicals, synthetics, pigments, polymers, and cellulose. KW - Toxaphene KW - Chemical industry KW - 4-H clubs KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - Insect pests KW - Naval stores KW - Insecticides KW - Advertising, Industrial KW - Corporations LA - English ER -