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develop and infest the grain in tlie field. Places where 

 grain has been in shock the previous season should be 

 cleaned up by the aid of chickens. Thus if there is any 

 probability of grain being infested, it should be kept tightly 

 covered in the sj)ring so as not to permit the spread of the 

 moths to the fields. 



Prevention of'^ Weevil." — Undoubtedly grain-insects can 

 usually be more successfully combated by a proj)er housing 

 of the grain. No matter how often the insects in a 

 granary are destroyed, if the remainder of the barn is full 

 of dust, sweepings, and refuse, as it generally is, on which 

 the beetles can feed and in which they will breed, and if 

 the granary is not absolutely tight, as soon as the gas 

 passes off the insects from the barn will again enter the 

 granary, and soon it will be as badly infested as ever. 



Cleanliness. — " Cleanliness will accomplish much toward 

 the prevention of injury from these pests, the cause of a 

 great j)roportion of injuries in granaries, mills, elevators, 

 and other structures where grain and feed are stored being 

 directly traceable to a disregard of neatness. Dust, dirt, 

 rubbish, and refuse material containing sweepings of 

 grain, flour, and meal are too frequently permitted to 

 accumulate and serve as breeding-places for a multitude 

 of injurious insects. 



"The floors or corners and walls of the barn or store- 

 house should be frequently swept, and all material that 

 has no commercial value burned.'^ 



The Granary. — " The ideal farmer's granary, from the 

 standpoint of insect ravages, should be built at some dis- 

 tance from other buildings, and the rooms constructed of 

 matched flooring so as to be as near vermin-proof as possi- 

 ble. The doors should fit tighth^, closing upon a rabbet, 



