. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . er Chittenden), granaries with their waste material, trailing it back andforth in every conceivable direction, forming a fine anddelicate fabric. There are in all probability from fiveto seven generations annually where the temperature isfavorable. The meat snout moth is another little moth whichis attracting considerable attention in this
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . er Chittenden), granaries with their waste material, trailing it back andforth in every conceivable direction, forming a fine anddelicate fabric. There are in all probability from fiveto seven generations annually where the temperature isfavorable. The meat snout moth is another little moth whichis attracting considerable attention in this country. Itusually occurs in mills, granaries, storehouses, barnsand houses where farinaceous products are stored. Theadult moth is a beautifully banded creature with awing expanse of about an inch. The ground color is CORN PESTS AND DISEASES 28l light brown, with reddish reflections. The larva isabout three-quarters of an inch long, and is consider-ably darker than that of the preceding species. Itshabits are similar to those of the Indian meal larva constructs tubes of silk and particles offeed or other food in which it lives. It lives on cerealsof all kinds and in all conditions, either in the kernelor in the form of flour, meal or Fig 78—Common Grain and Flour Beetle Tribolium confusuvi: «, beetle; d, larva; c, pupa—all enlarged; d% laterallobe of abdomen of pupa; e, head of Lbeetle, showing antenna; f% same of Tterrugineum—all greatly enlarged (after Chittenden). The Mediterranean Hour moth is the most impor-tant of all mill insects. It is the scourge of the flourmill and has attracted much attention in recent was discovered in a flour mill in Germany in later years it invaded Belgium and Holland, andin 1886 appeared in England. Three years later itmade its appearance in destructive numbers in 1892 it was discovered by the writer in mills in Cal-ifornia and in New York, Pennsylvania in 1895, andrecently in Ohio. Indiana and
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