. A conspicuous national service. Birds -- Conservation. Commerce held hurried conclaves as to what had best he done. They looked up the Hessian Fly. They got gallons of insecticides, and sprayed and sprayed. They cut down and burned the infected wheat to keep the pest from spreading. And at last they marketed one-tenth of their usual crop. This all took place many years ago in the States of Indiana and Ohio, when the fly ravaged the fields like a consuming fire. Before the scourge subsided, 2,500,000 acres of the finest wheat in that section was destroyed and the value of wheat lands dropped
. A conspicuous national service. Birds -- Conservation. Commerce held hurried conclaves as to what had best he done. They looked up the Hessian Fly. They got gallons of insecticides, and sprayed and sprayed. They cut down and burned the infected wheat to keep the pest from spreading. And at last they marketed one-tenth of their usual crop. This all took place many years ago in the States of Indiana and Ohio, when the fly ravaged the fields like a consuming fire. Before the scourge subsided, 2,500,000 acres of the finest wheat in that section was destroyed and the value of wheat lands dropped 40 per cent, in value. Nowadays such a calamity would not be likely to occur. The United States Department of Agri- culture has done, and is doing, wonderful work to educate the farmer regarding every sort of enemy pest. The People's Home Journal, through its Green Meadow Club, has influenced millions of families in large and small cities to protect and encourage bird life as a vital measure for the pro- tection of growing food. When Old Man Jones and his friends visited the Country Fair last fall, they felt the educational influ- ence of the Green Meadow Club. Brother Wright, H. 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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