Commerce held hurried conclaves as to what had 

 best he done. They looked up the Hessian Fly. 

 They got gallons of insecticides, and sprayed and 

 sprayed. They cut down and burned the infected 

 wheat to keep the pest from spreading. And at last 

 they marketed one-tenth of their usual crop. 



This all took place many years ago in the States 

 of Indiana and Ohio, when the fly ravaged the fields 

 like a consuming fire. Before the scourge subsided, 

 2,500,000 acres of the finest wheat in that section 

 was destroyed and the value of wheat lands dropped 

 40 per cent, in value. 



Nowadays such a calamity would not be likely 

 to occur. The United States Department of Agri- 

 culture has done, and is doing, wonderful work to 

 educate the farmer regarding every sort of enemy 

 pest. The People's Home Journal, through its 

 Green Meadow Club, has influenced millions of 

 families in large and small cities to protect and 

 encourage bird life as a vital measure for the pro- 

 tection of growing food. 



When Old Man Jones and his friends visited the 

 Country Fair last fall, they felt the educational influ- 

 ence of the Green Meadow Club. Brother Wright, 



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