THE FRUIT FLY.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES, i WELLINGTON. February 24. The Government Biologist (Mr T. W. Kirk) states that the department has been unable to find the fruit fly in the gardens at Napier and Blenheim in which it appeared last year. These gardens were subjected to drastic treatment, and have been closely inspected, so there is reason to hope that the pest has been stamped out in those localities, although this is not certain until the end of tho season has passed. me strictest watch is bong kept on the garden in. Auckland in which the fly appeared, and very stringent measures have been taken to Juppress the pest. The biological dnwion of the Department of Agriculture intends to make a further distribution of ladybird* £ Certain parts of the South Island where the bluegJn blight still exists It is now almost impossible to find the blight or the ladybird in the Timaru district, formerly the chief seat of the trouble Thousands of ladybirds have been distributed by the department wherever the blight was known toSt, and with most satisfactory results. Mr Cockayne, assistant biologist, leaves for the south to-night with a further supply of ladybirds.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 23
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195THE FRUIT FLY. Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 23
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