. A conspicuous national service. Birds -- Conservation. a tree at the edge of the meadow—and narrowly escaped being killed with a shotgun. Jones had some farm help, it seems, who con- tinued their European fondness for small birds as a dainty dish. The little brown birds had had their lesson. And now they didn't stop to bother about the Hessian Fly. Six or eight days later, several million larva1 were hatched and passed down the wheat stems. They settled comfortably at the second joint, and ate—and ate—and ate ! Old man Jones, inspecting his wheat one afternoon, paused, stared, reached over t
. A conspicuous national service. Birds -- Conservation. a tree at the edge of the meadow—and narrowly escaped being killed with a shotgun. Jones had some farm help, it seems, who con- tinued their European fondness for small birds as a dainty dish. The little brown birds had had their lesson. And now they didn't stop to bother about the Hessian Fly. Six or eight days later, several million larva1 were hatched and passed down the wheat stems. They settled comfortably at the second joint, and ate—and ate—and ate ! Old man Jones, inspecting his wheat one afternoon, paused, stared, reached over to pluck a spear, frowned — and stared some more. The closer he looked, the more alarmed he became. Row after row of his splendid wheat was eaten through and broke off at his touch! Frenziedly he rushed through the grain fields and up toward his farmhouse. As he approached it, his telephone rang. " Hello—hello—this is Smith at the next farm ! Say—there's something chewing my wheat—half of one of my best fields is all going to pot—" " I was just about to call you up!" shouted Bill Jones into the transmitter. "Same with my crop! It's Hessian Flies, that's what it is—and our har- vest's ruined if we can't head 'em off! " Farmer Smith and Farmer Jones, and their neigh- bor, Farmer Robinson, and the hired men, and the local Board of Trade and the nearest Chamber of. J3. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rudge, William Edwin, 1876-1931, printer. New York : People's Home Journal
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