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Show GREED OF THE CUTW0RV.3 Most Dreaded Robbers of the Garden That Work Orily in the Night. In Farm and Fireside a contributor writes about cutworms. The ravages of cutworms are fully described and definite suggestions as to how to get rid of them are reported. Some of the remarkable facts about cutworms are-Included are-Included in the following extract taken from the article: "Cutworms are true burglars. "As long as the day lasts they remain re-main in hiding under sticks, stones or trash or even below the surface of the ground; and as soon as night falls they come forth to steal the lives of tender plants. "It is a wise precaution on the part of these insect burglars to hide during the day, for they are smooth and plump and Just the sort of food titbit birds are always looking for. If these night prowling rascals would only stop and satisfy their hunger by eating the plants as they cut them down, they would be less rascally. But no! They go on appeasing their voracious appetites appe-tites with merely what they bite out in cutting down the plants; thus a dozen plants lie flat and wilted in the morning sun, sacrificed for one late dinner. "In this respect the cutworms resemble re-semble dogs which kill more sheep Id a flock than they can cat." You can feed anybody flattery if-you if-you keep a sober face. ' |