“Grade-A MEXICAN HONEYBEES $165.95/gallon!
Grade-A EUROPEAN BEES only $220/gallon!
Best quality IRISH EARTHWORMS $67.50/quart!
GUARANTEED live on delivery! Plant Fertility Corp., San Clemente, Calif. (Licensed by California State Board of Agriculture.)”

—  John Brunner , book The Sheep Look Up

February “THE INDISPENSABLE ASSISTANTS”
The Sheep Look Up (1972)

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