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very disagreeable odor which has unusual lasting qualities. This 

 odor is only partially effective as birds and some insects will eat 

 them in spite of it. 



This then is a very brief sketch of the life history of these 

 beneficial insects and a few suggestions as to their study. As a 

 source of study and observation they are extremely interesting 

 and illustrate many characteristics of insect life admirably. 



A Clean Furrow 



James G. Needham 



Seed-time, and open fields, 



And plodding team, and steady-cleaving share! 

 To lay the earth in furrows, line on line, 



This is my care. 



For lo, this waiting soil. 



Receptive, and responsive to my will, 

 For all the ills of all the ages gone 



Is fertile still. 



So soft I no roar of arms ; 



But gentle crumbling of the mellow earth; 

 Yet each sustaining harvest still has here 



Its place of birth. 



I'll guide my sturdy plow 



And turn the ribboned furrows, line on line; 

 For tho the world has many things to do 



This task is mine. 



And when my day is done 



And evening's glow has settled o'er the scene, 

 Returning from the field I'll leave behind 



A furrow, clean. 



