Menace of White Butterflies
The Dopartmeirt of Agriculture and the local Food for Britain Cominittec .are to be toki that the drive for g'reater ' farm production is at preesnt being heavily sabotaged by the unprecedented swarms of white butterflies attaeking and ravaging" foodder cfops in. tne Cloverlea and Kairanga areas. So greatls the damage being wrought on rape, turnlp, swede and chou^mojdlier crops fn the district, that ten farmers from Kairanga and Clovei'jlea heid a special meeting yesterday to discuss th'e matter. The opinion was expfessed that the Department of Agriculture had not released any parasites in the Manawatu to deal with the white butterflies which, according to statements made, were the worst ever experiencea. A resoiution was passed - drawing the q,ttention o.f the departmenf and tlie Food- for Britain Committee to -the pqsition.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 March 1948, Page 2
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134Menace of White Butterflies Chronicle (Levin), 2 March 1948, Page 2
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