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"He surely is a hard man to get started, but I 

 am going to try again/ 7 he said to himself. 



"Isn't it funny, Mr. Whitney, that old stubble 

 left on the field during the winter breeds wind- 

 falls ?" Frank asked again. 



"Not at all, sonny, not funny at all when you 

 understand it," and again he stopped. 



"I do not understand it, Mr. Whitney," Frank 



FIG. 61. "It is a worm that stays in the bottom of the stubble 

 during the winter." 



replied; "is it a disease that breeds in the stubble, 

 do you suppose? " 



"I suppose nothing about it, sonny," Mr. Whitney 

 replied. " I know what it is. It is a worm that stays 

 in the bottom of the stubble throughout the winter, 

 and in the spring a candle-fly comes from it. In 

 the spring after the corn has a good start these 

 candle-flies lay their eggs on it, and from these eggs 

 come the worms that bore into the corn-stalks. 



