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Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886
Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886, Page 49
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47 strip the stalk of every blade. To one who has never witnessed an army of the gluttonous travellers, such statements seem incredible. We have seen them flying, near sundown and not a cloud in the sky, when they were so numerous that they hid the sun form view. It might be asked what their object was for migrating at that time of day. - They, like many other winged creatures, were flying to the timbers to roost. Another enemy is the Grub, a white worm from 1 to 1 1/2 in. long. This destroying miner cuts the
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47 strip the stalk of every blade. To one who has never witnessed an army of the gluttonous travellers, such statements seem incredible. We have seen them flying, near sundown and not a cloud in the sky, when they were so numerous that they hid the sun form view. It might be asked what their object was for migrating at that time of day. - They, like many other winged creatures, were flying to the timbers to roost. Another enemy is the Grub, a white worm from 1 to 1 1/2 in. long. This destroying miner cuts the
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