The Potato Grub.
• ' — Wo had handed to us the other d»y a small portable microscope in which wen* enclosed three small caterpillars and we were asked to state what they were. The caterpillars hid a-! many legs, if not more than a centipede, and in their prison displayed a large amount of agility. As these insects were obtained from a potato patch in the neighbourhood and it is said the field is full of them, the matter 13 one of some moment both to the owner of the j crop, and hi* near neighbours. Without 9etting ourselves up as any atiihority on insect life we should fiuy ihinn-eutrf submitted to us were the caterpillars of the potato moth, { or potato grub. The Department of
>■■— * '■-■ Agrioulture writing on this pest Bft ys : — 4I For preventive measures, see that the seed is free from grub or eggs ; spray as mentioned under Mwronpetium, keep rows well earthed up, and burn all haulms a? soon as possible after the crop is dug; Always destroy all grubs in infested potatoes, by soaking in water some days before giving to the pigs. If not. wanted for pigs soak in the way before burying ; or better still, burn the lot. Never leave " worniy potatoes " lying about."
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Manawatu Herald, 13 February 1896, Page 2
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209The Potato Grub. Manawatu Herald, 13 February 1896, Page 2
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