Show AGRICULTURAL ANT OF TEXAS 1 Creatures Are Regular Farm Farmers rs and Their Homes Are Marvels of Skill and Strength Te Texas Tans as has mahy maby varieties of at the ant family Out on the Llano Estacado Estl or Staked Plain they are so numerous that their hills look like the billows bUlows of a rolling sea One of the most powerful and formidable formidable formidable for for- Insects in the Southwest is the thea a agricultural ant of Texas observes a l' l naturalist These busy creatures are arc re regular ular farmers and their homes ore are re marvels of architectural skill and strength I Think of u a house from 12 to l 15 feet teet high built by a little ant and which I Is so strong and well support supported d that cattle and buffaloes can enn walk over It and und yet not crush in this wonderful dome It Is said that If a n horse In proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion to his size could leap as far faras faras farns as ns a Ii flea fieu that In one one jump he h would go clear around the the world Now If it Ifa f fa a n man constructed a house according to the same proportions of at an au ants ant's domicile It would be more than a mile mUe high These agricultural ants next to to a a. a bee are the most industrious creatures creatures creatures crea crea- tures on earth They sow r reap n and garner Just like farmers and during the warm season lay by sufficient store for winters winter's use |