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  2. CULTIVATOR AND GRAZIER. The More Important Insects Injurious to Stored Grain.

    By F. H. Chittenden, Assistant Entomologist, United States Department of Agriculture, Reprinted from the "Year Book" of the United States Department of Agriculture for 1894. ...

    Article : 41 words
  3. THE INDIAN MEAL MOTH.

    A phycitid moth allied to the preceding and known as the Indian meal moth is widely distributed and injurious to a great variety of edibles. It is nearly omnivorous, feeding on grain and farinaceous ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 306 words
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    After the grain has escaped the ravages of its many insect enemies in the field, and is harvested and in the bin, it is subject to the attack of insects of several species popularly known as weevils. ...

    Article : 217 words
  5. NATURE AND EXTENT OF DAMAGE.

    In addition to the loss in weight occasioned by these insects, grain infested by them is unfit for human consumption, and has been known to cause serious illness. Nor is such grain desirable for ...

    Article : 205 words
  6. THE ANGOUMOIS GRAIN MOTH.

    The Angoumois grain moth derives its name from the province of Angoumois, France, where it is said to have been injurious for nearly a century and a half. It probably originated, with the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 784 words
  7. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH.

    This scourge of the flour mill, as it is called, has attracted much attention of recent years, and has been the subject of many articles and bulletins. Until the year 1877, when the moth was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 719 words
  8. THE MEAL SNOUT-MOTH.

    A moth belonging to the family Pyralidae often occurs in barns and other buildings wherever farinaceous products are housed. In Europe, where it is known as the "meal moth," it has long been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 180 words
  9. THE GRANARY WEEVIL.

    The granary weevil is the "eurculio" and "weevil" of early writings, and in the Georgies of Virgil there is evidence that the insect and its ravages were known before the Christian Era. It is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 344 words
  10. THE WOLF MOTH.

    Still another moth known as the wolf moth or little grain moth, does considerable injury to stored cereals in Europe; but as it is not particularly destructive in America, requires only passing ...

    Article : 143 words
  11. Arresting the Ripening of Fruit.

    An interesting experiment in the direction of arresting the ripening of fruit by the refrigerating process has just been concluded by the Technical Education Committee of the Kent County ...

    Article : 234 words
  12. THE RICE WEEVIL.

    The rice weevil derives both its popular and Latin name from rice (Oryza), in which it was first found by its discoverer. It is conceded to have originated in India, whence it has been diffused by ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 316 words
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