Show PLAGUE OF OLD EGYPT BACK crops of argentine province D de strayed by locusts that swarm in uncounted millions shades of 0 the plagues of ancient egypt 1 annta fe pro province Nince nce ol of tile argentine no now has complete faith in the biblical account of the scourge of cocu locusts ts for at times millions ot of theme insects cover coner the face of the earth they corne come suddenly and without warning in great clouds and settle down on the country then the ground resembles a great moving moning carpet little damage Is done dome at first though the Argentin ians find it inconvenient to have hane locusts throughout their houses but its as the insects move mone through the country they dig small holes and ana lay their eggs soon the larvae are hat hatched bed and at that time before they can fly they are destruct destructive lNe by tile lie time they are ready to leave every living thing in their path Is destroyed eventually they fly away to parts unknown and the farmers have to start their crops ON over er again squads of I 1 locust 0 destrO destroyers Ners like firefighting fire fighting units are maintained by the government to combat tile the pest and ranchers are also responsible for fighting them their efforts are almost unavailing however because of the myriads of the insect infects |