Combating White Butterfly.
A strange bird paying a good deal of attention to cabbages in her garden attracted tlie attention of a Hastings resident a few days ago. Closer investigation revealed that the bird v.-hich -was not unlike an English bullfinch, was destroying the larvae of the white butterfly breeding in the leaves of the cabbages. The bird was working systematically along a row, eating the grubs as it found them. It has been suggested that could the bird be identified, a valuable means of removing the white butterfly menace might be di; covered. <T lost -12lbs in 3 weeks with Bnokora!" writes a lady. Try Bonko v .i G. Maeklow, Chemist, Whakatan -
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 96, 4 December 1939, Page 8
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113Combating White Butterfly. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 96, 4 December 1939, Page 8
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