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1 Another substance much used for destroying insects or similar pests is carbon bisulphide.
2 He found her hard at work destroying insects on an old apple tree.
3 There are two kinds of green paint; one is of no use in destroying insects .
4 What interesting and beautiful observations you have made on the metamorphoses of the grasshopper- destroying insects .
5 This mixture is largely used in orchards and for destroying insects on a large scale.
6 Paris green is most generally useful for destroying insects .
7 I'm as busy as I can be all summer long, destroying insects that injure his crops.
8 Birds play a large part in the conservation of the crops, by destroying insects , weeds, and small mammals.
9 Crop- destroying insects and Earth cracking in two He then launches into another tirade about famine and insects destroying crops.
10 The use of poison in destroying insects is now the one most generally and successfully employed by farmers and fruit growers.
11 The trunk of a tree that shows age, disease, or wood- destroying insects generally has its branches in an equally unhealthy condition.
12 Like the warblers, they occupy themselves with searching for and destroying insects all summer long; but this is not all they do that is good.
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