Barley Crops Damaged
a caterpillar pest, called the army worm, is stated by a produce • merchant, Mr. T. A. Corson, to have caused thousands of pounds' | i damage to harley crops in the Gis- | borne district. Some crops, he siifi, had not been worth harvest-!-ing an^i had been ploughed in. The comparative absence of starlings ip ' tnis district has been suggested hy some farmers as the reason for a numb.er of pests _ this seascn. .Starlings were numerous about 20 years ago. • "* " ^
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 February 1949, Page 5
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