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advent of an unfamiliar new form. Capture it, and send it with 

 all the information that you can obtain of its habits, to some 

 entomologist, whose pleasure and duty it will be to tell you what 

 it is; and if it should prove to be a new pest, he may also be able 

 to give the directions best calculated to arrest its further spread 

 and multiplication. 



Conclusion. 

 Now that I have told you of your insect enemies — of their immense 

 number, rapid propagation, incredible voracity, the enormous losses 

 that they cause, and increasing injuries annually; and have also 

 told you how you may best meet them, it may be proper to ask, 

 " what do you propose to do in the matter ?" Does the struggle 

 that their control will require of you seem too formidable — almost 

 a hopeless task? Do you propose to give up to the insect all 

 that his insatiate greed and often excessive wastefulness demands, 

 trusting that he may leave behind him enough for your wants? 

 Will you rest on the promise that " seed time and harvest shall not 

 cease?" Faith is well, but " without works it is dead." Continue 

 then to pray with fervor, as often as you join in the Church's 

 solemn Litany, "We beseech thee, good Lord, to give and pre- 

 serve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, that in due time 

 we may enjoy them," but do not fail to supplement your prayer 

 with the force-pump and London purple. It was a wise saying, 

 if construed aright, that "Providence is ever on the side of the 

 heaviest artillery." Fight the insect as you never have before, 

 and do not sound an inglorious retreat or yield a pitiable sur- 

 render, just as the instruments of warfare and the insecticidal 

 ammunition, with which you may wage effectual fight, have been 

 placed within your reach. At least show the spirit of one who 

 came to my office to learn of me how he might successfully right 

 the striped cucumber beetle which had troubled him greatly. 

 "Not that I care so much about the cucumbers," said he, "but 

 it hurts me terribly to let that little yeUow-striped cuss gel the 

 better of me." Study and perseverance will bring its recompense. 

 It will yield you a rich return in more productive crops witli less 

 expenditure of labor. I venture to say that i( will often give the 

 desired factor tor the solution of that nivai problem which is 

 before you, "how to make the farm pay?" Lei the myriad insect 



