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shorter than the body when full grown. He said 

 that the short-winged form was more inclined to 

 grasses and the long-winged race is chiefly a corn- 

 pest." 



"Have you seen both in your bug-hunts around 

 here?" they asked. After waiting some time they 

 heard a faint voice, "All that I have seen were the 

 long- winged." 



"How many broods did he say there were during 

 the season, Sammy?" Mr. Sprague asked again. 



Sammy's reply was a faint snoring, as if some one 

 was sawing wood about half a mile away. They all 

 laughed with considerable noise, but Sammy kept 

 on snoring and did not hear it. 



"I remember he said there were two broods, one 

 in the small grain and the other in the corn," Will 

 Brown answered for Sammy. 



Sammy's snoring reminded the men that it was 

 already late, and so they parted for their homes. 



The people of the Sprague section had learned 

 something very useful and interesting. They knew 

 the habits and life of the chinch-bug and also the 

 ways for controlling the pest. Some try to use all 

 the methods, and others find that one or the other 

 properly used holds the bugs in check. Mr. Blake- 

 ley's farm looks like a different piece of land ; he 

 has cleaned up* the brier patches and has pulled the 

 stumps, and his fields, which looked so slovenly the 



