XIV. 
GRUBS ATTACK OATS. 
Evening Journal Correspondence. 
Nassau, Sept. 6— Many farmers are 
bothered by grubs. Whole pieces of 
corn are being destroyed. Cabbage 
plants also are attacked. 
HIS and similar reports have been circulat- 
ing through various sections of the State 
for the past two or three months. The destruct- 
ive white grub has been at work in grain fields, 
meadows and pasture lands. 
What is the cause, and what the remedy? 
The cause is a lack of grub-eating birds. The 
remedy is more grub-eating birds. To illustrate, 
I relate an incident that not long since claimed 
my attention. A young farmer came to ask if 
I could explain why the crows were boring his 
meadow plot full of holes, and killing the grass. 
The plot looked very much as if it had been 
hetchelled with a rough-toothed harrow. When 
asked his thought regarding it, he replied: “I 
think the crows are feeding on the grass roots.” 
I suggested the white grub, and he went back to 
the meadow to investigate. 
Two days later he came again. This time to 
confirm the truth of my suggestion. The white 
grub had attacked his meadow, and the crows 
had attacked the white grub. 
Many people, perhaps most, take exceptions 
to the crow. Farmers, with scant knowledge of 
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