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a great measure, prevented, or rendered harmless, by 

 steeping the grain before planting (as elsewhere de- 

 scribed) in a pungent or distasteful solution, and still 

 more effectually by coating it thinly over with tar. 



But the insect tribes are more formidable, and not 

 so easily repelled. In order to deal with them success- 

 fully, it is necessary to understand their habits, and to 

 anticipate their approach with well-timed vigilance. 



The following are some of the insects most fre- 

 quently encountered by corn either in the field or the 

 crib : the cut- worm, the white grub, the wire-worm, 

 the spindle-worm, the aphis mayis, the Angoumois 

 moth, the chinch-bug, and the weevil. 



The CUT- WORM is the most dangerous enemy of 

 the corn crop, to which, however, its ravages are not 

 by any means confined. It is an equally well-known 

 and destructive pest of the vegetable garden. In the 

 daytime it remains concealed in the earth, and during 

 the night commits its ravages, completely severing the 

 stem of the young and tender plant, near the surface 

 of the ground. This insect is of several species, which 

 are the offspring of moths or millers belonging to the 

 agrotidian group. One of the most familiar of these 

 is the gothic dart-moth, which, in midsummer even- 

 ings, makes itself unpleasantly sociable around the 

 lighted lamp. The cut-worm, when its full size is at- 

 tained, measures from one to two inches in length, 

 the color being of various shades of gray, with the 

 head of a brown or orange hue. 



The WHITE G-KUB, though often - confounded with 

 the cut- worm, differs from it in it habits, as well as 



