That bane of Hie farmer and ainateur gardener alike, the grass grub, is still on Hie wing (says Hie Christchurch “Sun”). Its main flight usually takes place about the end of November till early in December, after which it settles down to a period of hibernation and raises a family. Its belated appearance this year is accounted for by the late Canterbury summer. There are no effective means of circumventing the depredations of the nest, and once they start to eat np the lawns the only remedy is to resow and roll hard. They are particularly partial to rape ’and turnips, and farmers who are aware of this generally sow their crops at a. time when the ™rub is likely to do the least damage.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 110, 7 February 1928, Page 10
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