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weeks ago that he had always regarded the black 

 weevil as a terrible pest, but that he had changed 

 his mind, " Because/ 7 he said, "that insect has done 

 more to improve the corn around Flanders than 

 anything else that ever came to this town." 



Joe Henderson is still president of the Bank of 

 Flanders and one of the town's best citizens. Every- 

 body says that the best thing he ever did for that 

 section was when he started the movement for 

 having the black weevil studied which led to the 

 long-remembered meeting at Jack Smith's corn-crib. 



