. The pests of the farm; being an account of the various depredating animals, birds, and insects which annoy the American farmer . le others exhibit the true color and texture of the perfect grubs devour the roots of grass and of other plants, and inmany places the turf may be turned up like a carpet in consequenceof the destruction of the roots. The grub is a white worm with abrownish head, and, when fully grown, is nearly as thick as thelittle finger. It is eaten greedily by crows and fowls. The beetlesare devoured by the skunk, whose beneficial foraging is detected in4* S2 THE PE
. The pests of the farm; being an account of the various depredating animals, birds, and insects which annoy the American farmer . le others exhibit the true color and texture of the perfect grubs devour the roots of grass and of other plants, and inmany places the turf may be turned up like a carpet in consequenceof the destruction of the roots. The grub is a white worm with abrownish head, and, when fully grown, is nearly as thick as thelittle finger. It is eaten greedily by crows and fowls. The beetlesare devoured by the skunk, whose beneficial foraging is detected in4* S2 THE PESTS OF THE FARM, our gardens by its abundant excrement filled with the wing-casesof those insects. The beetles may be effectually exterminated byshaking thorn from the trees every evening. The best time, how-ever, tor shaking trees on which the May-beetles are lodged, is inthe morning, when the insects do not attempt to fly. They are,most easily collected in a cloth spread under the trees to receivethem when they fall, after which, they should be thrown into boilingwater, to kill them, and may then be given as food to
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