Show BATTLE AGAINST HESSIAN fly fl Y government sc se ent st is wag ng a lecul ar contest washington michigan will soon become the center of a most peculiar battle the governments forces will rill consist of but one man G I 1 reeves he will be armed not with a gatling gun but with bugs and bottles in plain talk mr air reeves will soon be bound for the hume farm near lansing to take up a new and most interesting fight again t the hessian fly that mosquito mo quito ill e insect which la is such a deadly enemy to Ameri american cark whet working under the direction of prof F M webster of the bureau of entomology department of agrical ture mr air reeves is famil arising him self with the habits of the tiniest in sects which are the hessian flys most deadly enemies ahe I 1 he ultimate purpose of this peculiar campaign Is to tame those little insects until they can be transported about the country to do deadly battle against the hessian fly whenever these two enemies getto get to gether there Is no trouble to get them to fighting under natural con editions however the difficulty is that the hessian fly is frequently at great distances from the nearest brigade ol 01 the dp opposing posing army and is consequent ly able to devastate the wheat fields at pleasure |