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FIGHTING THE MOTH. 
By L. C. S. 
My experience with the Mediterranean flour moth is of 
nearly seven years’ standing. Until I look charge of this mill 
six years ago I had never seen or heard of the insect, and when 
I found it here and learned what it was I doubted whether such 
a delicate little creature could do any more harm than a house- 
fly. I soon had evidence, however, of its capacity for mischief. 
For one day it actually succeeded in shutting down our 100 h. p. 
engine by so choking conveyors, elevators, etc., with its webs 
that the wheels simply could not turn. This is an absolute fact. 
Meanwhile I had written to Prof. Johnson, the entomologist, 
about the pest and sent him a sample of its work, so when the 
