Show INSECTS rho io on alio country by 1 if anny foreign nation should damage us ti anc tho amount of alio loss upon MS by our insect pests wo should declare war upon it without any ami go right to work to spend a hundred ro illion dollars in building up a navy to protect our shores when foreign enemies in iho form ol 01 destructive insects invade our coasts and spread over hiir we quietly submit to it ami inako no combined to destroy them and prevent ravage is no other los by alio llio people so great as this tho aggregate anc 1 by anro docs not reach eliat upon the country by pernicious insects wo leavo numerous companies and costly dm departments organized for our protection from lire anil a signal onico to giau warnings against storms for iho security of our hipping Kec Dlly WD leavo licord a pi cat dral about the threatening danger from contagious diseases of animals and it was not jong bc foro alio legislatures took active means to suppress every source of chuao diseases and appropriated largo sums of money for alio purpose all show that when certain persons 1 ind their interests and endangered they arc not slow to tiko for defense and protection kill farmers it patiently to crops destroyed and sub fis unco consumed making any outcry or chiming or even suggesting alio need or of any licup from tho public authorities or making any effort to themselves A present instance occurs tho year locusts arc again visiting us in somo localities cali ties in largo numbers this insect M known to bo injurious to fruit and ellior trees while it is in it perfect state and is strongly suspected of committing damage to alic loots of trees during its long lifo underground hut wo 1 iko no thought of aliee thing i and however aliis insect may bo or might bo wo would still permit it to como and go without any oT ortto its blits i not wise this let alone policy lias many disasters upon alio llio farmer ind acro it bot that our land is so would leavo been times when camino would laivo wasted thi gli alio of insect let in go over alio list of tho inot destructive of insects and try and figuro up tho colof ilioiu to alio farmers alio potato lias easily cost us every year for twelve years past in loss of crop anil tho labor n tho remainder the cabbage worm lias cost tho plum costs in actual loss anil in indirect damages from alic abandonment of alio culture of this fruit at least yearly the various bosti of alio apple a loss of alio chinchi bu averages a damage of tho wheat lly and other pasti which destroy this grain cost us alic onion maggot bo cliar god with a damage of at least 5 and alio largo number ol 01 acs tilo rant wui t s iii sli boror plane and bark lice alio soruco broo boror and scores of others will kielp to baiso alio llio grand boltl of losses to anuito is equal to c los of biond of calalo on alio llio plains to twice 11 much aa all our to ai macli as all our dwino to tin present value of tho whole of years wheat crop and it not distributed over the country in small sopi rito quantities tho loss would bo too great to ba borno now watt is to bo dono about it aro vu in our n aib and permit to forage upon u lo loining iving them 0 o alio natural methods of rc sad to s iv wo actually discourage as much as wo can liy constant slaughter of alio llio birds would upon elioso pestiferous insects or shill wo tako up friis against past s nal li combined under alio aid of sarno to nato them alio neglect which bow ilsc acts art and si a bublic injury and no ono fanner can help himself all bo his neighbors on every sido permit farms and gardens to bacomo 1 breeding ground from which swarms issue to proy upon his crops a public sentiment has boan in anor of mutual w this liis barn averted riu own of in elaud in now jersey is nn ln stanco of u ifill of insult en comics but aliis only lo boino ino pot silo because every inh was n fruit grower anil depended fur his upil ais V 1 times |