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212 OUR VANISHING WILD LIFE
There are other insect damages that we will not pause to enumerate here. They relate to cattle, horses, sheep and stored grain products of many kinds. Even cured tobacco has its pest, a minute insect known as the cigarette beetle, now widespread in America and "frequently the cause of very heavy losses."
The millions of the insect world are upon us. Their cost to us has been summed up by Mr. Marlatt in the table that appears below.
Annual Values of Farm Products, and Losses Chargeable TO Insect Pests.
official Report in the Yearbook of the Department
