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Show AGRICULTURAL ANT OF TEXAS Creatures Are Regular Farmer and Their Homea Are Marvela of , Skill and Strength. , Texas has many varieties of the ant family. Out on the "Llano Estacado," or Staked Plain, they are bo numerous that their hills look like the billows of a rolling sea. One of the most powerful and formidable for-midable Insects in the Southwest Is the agricultural ant of Texas, observes a naturalist These busy creatures are regular farmers, and their homes are marvels of 'architectural skill end strength. v Think -of a house from 12 to 15 feet high, built by a little ant, and which Is so strong and well supported that cattle and buffaloes can walk over It and yet not crush in this wonderful dome. It is said that If a horse, in proportion pro-portion to his else, could leap as far as a flea, that in one Jump be would go clear around the world. Now, If a man constructed a house according to the same proportions of an ant's domicile, it would be more than a mile hlch. ; . . These agricultural ants, next to a bee, are the most industrious creatures crea-tures on earth. They sow, reap and garner Just like farmers, and during! the warm season lay by sufficient store lor winter's use. . |