supposed to be the Wireworm. x6l 



stimulate other gentlemen who reside in the country, and who are so 

 materially interested, to enter seriously into a minute examination 

 of the various causes by which grain is so frequently destroyed ; 

 so that, by a number of such inquiries and communications, we 

 may at length be enabled to point out a remedy— as every grain 

 of corn that can be preserved in times like the present must be a 

 public benefit. 



Mr. Bierkander's papers on the different root-worms, I got 

 translated by a friend ; and the translation, with some remarks 

 of my own, was some time since presented to the Board of 

 Agriculture, 



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