Show farm pests have beer been put to profitable use by collecting beetles and other insects the farmer can not only rid himself of the possible damage that they y do 0 but can find a profitable uso use for the beetles chemical tests show that a common german variety of beetles contain per cent water but of parts of the dry residue of per cent it has been found that per cent is nitrogenous substance and per cent fat observes die when dried and ground coa coarsely rEely the beetles may be mixed with the same quantity or double the quantity of crushed barley and form an excellent pig feed powdered dried beetles have been found to contain as much as per cent of nitrogenous substances and a nd per cent of fat tho the beetles are also valuable as fertilizer that the values involved are by no means inconsiderable is evident from the fact that in one year in the province of saxony alone tons of these beetles were gathered gatli ered and used 1 |