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Excerpt from The Corn Bill-Bugs in Illinois For the ordinary injuries to corn on old ground I had at that time no definite measure to propose, but a fuller knowledge of the life histories and habits of the' bill-bugs and some observations lately made in both recently subdued swamp lands and old upland fields have furnished a sufficient basis for a highly useful method Of prevention of the worst of these injuries, and this fact has made desirable a new treatment of the subject as a whole. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.