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Show Butterfliet and Motht Tu 1 1 ir 1 1 i ti ami mnthe employ Ve short time assigned to them in a Tariety of ways, writes Prof. J. F. Ftirbuy, Ph, I)., In the Missouri Farmer. They never fmve the responsibility re-sponsibility of rearing their families, fam-ilies, as do many other unlma'is. They lay their eggs ami this Is t'-.e end of their duty to their offspring. The only precaution they take is to lay those eggs on the kind of food, or near the kind of food, on whi;h the caterpillars will want to fejd when thoy hatch from the eg.fs. The rest of their short life is speat In quest of sweet foods among t!ie flowers, or la quest of their mates. |