PASTURES DAMAGED
PROBLEM FOE FARMERS
• GRASS GRUB RAVAGES (Per Trass Association.) DUNEDIN, last night. A survey of the grass grub and grass caterpillar problems in Canterbury and Otago is being made by Dr. D'. Miller, assistant director of the Cawthron Institute. He made the following statement concerning his work. “I consider that grass grubs and grass caterpillars constitute what can be looked upon as the major entomological problem of this country since the foundations of our primary industries, that is pastures in relation to meat and wool, are in jeopardy in that many thousands of acres oi' pasture land, at least 80,000 in the Ashburton County alone,- have been reduced to so much rubbish by these two insects this season and most especially at a critical period of the year.’
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 24 August 1939, Page 15
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130PASTURES DAMAGED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 24 August 1939, Page 15
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