A LUCERNE PEST
['A rather serious post has caused.much trouble this season to lucerne-growers r•. in Marlborough. It is a caterpillar of the -variety, that-has figured as one of f ' the chief eiiemi&.'bfthe barley-growers.' i The . owners ibf: .several lucerne fields, ), . which were intended to be cut for seedf puzzled,.bjcthe bare and life-' • lest appearancs of the stalks, which liad [ ;bpen; .stripped .--to a very large ex- ; ; tent of the leaves, flowers and seeds. : . Close examination revealed the prei . sence of numerous caterpillars, fastened for the most part at the top of the f. : . plants, and it was seen that these had . . .neen drawing tluj.sap from the plants i; "and causing them to die prematurely. More than one crop has bean 'damaged. ;■ . to such aii extent that it is not worth ' ' tho .expense of threshing, and, being f . -so advanced in growth and the stalks • being hard, its value foir.'.-hay-making 'j has been greatlv lessened. It is thought I . that this pest, in common with .others, 'lias ; been encouraged: to in oxlraordi'nJ:- -'Ery degree by the di-yness of the . three years. ..
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2764, 6 May 1916, Page 10
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181A LUCERNE PEST Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2764, 6 May 1916, Page 10
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