Caterpillars Clean Up Crops and Pastures
ASHBURTON COUNTRYSIDE INVADED. Per Press Association. ASHBURTON, Oct. 3. Crops and pastures in tho Pendarves district are threatened by millions of caterpillars which have during the last three days eaten sixty acres of grass before invading thirty acres of young wheat during the lieat of the day on Sunday.
Gateways and gaps in hedges are piled indies high with the migratory pests. Efforts to crush them by rollers were unsuccessful and a surface fire fails to destroy them. Fits have been dug to trap the caterpillars, which will be soaked with oil and ignited. The caterpillars, in their advance, eat every green thing, leaving the paddock as bare as the road. A similar visitation is reported in the Fairton district.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7278, 4 October 1933, Page 7
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126Caterpillars Clean Up Crops and Pastures Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7278, 4 October 1933, Page 7
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