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Show B Insect Fois of Mankind. B When It comes to actual facts and B figures of tho llnauclul losses caused B ty insect pests tho published papers H lud roports of o.spert Investigators B connected with our agricultural do- H partment at Washington and our agri- H cultural stations olsowhero furnish tho H chief and largost resource. The tig- HB ures given hero aro truly staggering Q In their immensity. Thus wo havo it H) on tho authority of Ur. Howard that H the actual monoy loss occasioned by H Insect pests in this country every yoar H Is not less than ?3u,000,OU0. Accord H Ing to Dr. Howard tho grasshopper Ht pest which visited largo aroav. of the B West In 1871-7,0 dostrgyod far-n crops BH to tho value of $100,000,000 lu a single HBB icajson HHHBB pBBJIfc'. , ''H.i.i.'ii.ii.i, |