DYING IN HUNDREDS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 938, 4 October 1910, Page 8

DYING IN HUNDREDS.

;j>HEEP STAEVING IN THE,SOUNDS.

b Jhe : : .P«lorus Guardian,?' writing with 1 :the' : purpose-of showing-that it is not all jplay ,and:no worry:- to. be a sheopfarmer: tor, big;, landholder on'.the land along the iSbiindsg proceeds' to ''state: "This.'.year ! these'.'two pests' are: causing a good deal [of ..mortality amongst the sheep, in tho I Sounds. ■: -.-Most:-of v the clearings, up- to [about fifteen years, old have been attack-' I ed; by. caterpillars. At Clova. Bay ■ the [loss; has been great,.> Mr. N. Harvey-, re-' [porting'the death of 400 hoggets through starvation. The. caterpillars remain about': tsix'or eight.inches.underground and attack the: roots (of : :tlie. grass, vwhieh dibs' feMr. Harvey had; .to resow, , but. as soon S-'as' he did so tho ; quail and .numberless [email birds-absorbed the seed. The cater-: in this : locality,have, been slight-' j.lyr;troublesome every- second year for j-Eome years, but this j year -their ..ravages rare wholesale, and sheep are beirii* starvIjCd: , in >:.;;,'.:. j !.C\"This, then, is the' of" the pic[;TOra. the tourist; takes away with • him; f and;.though the town-dweller may cast renvious eyes, on the bales laden with: the (golden.fleece he: should often bo Lhank--5 fill' he has -not to endure the trials': and ; of the' farmer." ■ ' ,- | V . -.7:': REMEDY. .-.■ p--"I have: used '-.Dr.'.-Sheldon's -New Die-. f. covery ; for : Colds,".- Svritca A. TounK, 120 pEiley:Street;- Hyde' Pa)*, Sydney, KS.TC. i: "I find it the --.best- arid: quickest remedy Mihave :evcr;: i :price,- Is,- Gd.'and fJte^drt,r-- :: -.,':.-';;.;',;-' :.'v.; :; ;: .. ;.:■;',-; 8»