A PLAGUE OF CATERPILLARS.
Per Press Association. Christchurch, January 18. The plague of caterpillars in North Canterbury is quite Egyptian in its virulence. Whole districts are attacked from Cheviot down to Amberley. Farmers in many instances are getting in the crop prematurely to save it from absolute destruction. Grass is attacked as well as grain. The caterpillars are moving in dense masses from one paddock to another. Small birds hitherto supposed to feed on these insects appear to let them severely alone, at any rate what they eat has no appreciable effect in reducing the pest. Starlings alone seem to busy themselves eatin'g caterpillars. The position is very serious, and the loss to farms affected by the pest is enormous. No such virulent.plague has been experienced in the district within the memory of the oldest farmer.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9344, 13 January 1909, Page 5
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136A PLAGUE OF CATERPILLARS. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9344, 13 January 1909, Page 5
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