AGRICULTURAL ANTS 



SCENE IN A HARVEST-FIELD ANTS HARVESTING BUFFALO-GRASS 



scientific name — Pogonomyrmex barbatus — literally ren- 

 dered, the bearded beardy ant. 

 The workers compose the bulk of the emmet popula- 

 ^ tion, and they are in enormous numbers. They are not 

 secretive in habit, and were everywhere in evidence. 

 They were found along the roadsides; they were met 

 in all parts of Austin, in the streets, on the trodden side- 

 walks, in gardens and yards. Even in the open court 

 of the hotel there was a community in full activity. 



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