WHEN CORN IS FOX-EARED 



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upwards or they may feed downwards into the root. 

 No matter in what direction they feed, the small bud 

 dies and the growth of 

 the plant is stopped, and 

 this is the reason why we 

 call them bud-worms." 



"Oh, we see now/ 7 

 said the boys; "when 

 we gathered our corn 

 last fall we saw holes 

 in the grown stalks, and 

 when we cut the stalks 

 open we found worms in 

 them and they must 

 have been bud-worms." 



"No, they were not ; they were corn-stalk borers, 

 and were very different from these bud-worms," 



(After CMttedaen, Bur. Ent., U. 8. Dept. Agr.) 



FIG. 26. "Usually at the base 

 where the roots come out." 



FIG. 27. "No, they were not ; they were corn-stalk borers." 



Mr. Colby explained. "After young corn-plants 

 have grown about twelve inches high and are 



