The Gipps Land Mercury says :— " An immense army of . caterpillars appeared upon the road near Fulton on Friday. Indeed, . bo numerous .were they that a gentleman who rode along the i?)ad< in question states that it was impossible to move a step without crushing hundreds of them under foot. He says that: in all his experience he never before: witnessed such a sisjht. They have already attacked the barley crops in the vicinity mentioned, but have not as yet caused much damage. Very slight traces of. rust are also .visible in the wheat 'crops in. the neighborhood of Spring Hills and Stratforj^.;_ v ::;;\,p^-' ! V! ""W
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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 766, 15 December 1870, Page 2
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