Clearfield County PA Archives - News: Army Worm Infestation, Aug 1881

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Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, August 5, 1881

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

The army worm is in Brady township, Clearfield county.  They have destroyed 
the oats of John DuBois, and to protect his corn he has dug a trench 18 inches 
deep around the field.  The worms have nearly filled it in places.