Show PLAGUE OF OLD EGYPT BACK Crops of Argentine Province Destroyed De Destroyed De De- by Locusts That Swarm In Uncounted Millions Shades of ot the plagues of Qt ancient Egypt 1 c Santa Fe province of the Argentine now has complete faith In the biblical account of the scourge of locusts for forat forat forat at times millions of these Insects cover the face of the earth They come ome suddenly and without warning In great clouds and settle down on the country Then the ground resembles resembles bles a great moving carpet Little damage Is done at first though the find It Inconvenient to have locusts throughout their houses but as the Insects move through the country they dig small holes oles and lay their eggs Soon the larvae are hatch hatched d and at that time before they ther can fly they are destructive By the time they are ready to leave every living thing in their path Is destroyed Eventually they fly away to parts unknown unknown un un- known sad End the farmers have to start their crops over again Squads of locust locust locust lo lo- cust destroyers like fire fighting units are are ma maintained by the government to combat the pest and ranchers are also responsible for fighting them Their efforts are aie almost unavailing however however how how- ever Yer because of the myriads of the Insects |