THE POTATO MOTH.
.~ ♦_: The potato moth (Lita sotanella) is doing considerable damage to the potato crops in the southern portions of this Dominion, and will continue to dp so unless some effective means are used to stop its ravages. The potatoes near the surface are those showing the worst results of its attack, but the deeper ones are
bv no means safe. If'one wants to
see how rapidly it spreads it is only necessary to stack a quantity of tubers as if for pitting, and" cover with sacks, when in a short time numbers of the grub will be found crawling on the cover. Professor Kirk asks the farmers to study page 33 of Bulletin No. 7, which is obtainable 'at the office of the Stock Inspector. The Professor deals fully with the treatment necessary to keep the pest in check.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10194, 22 March 1911, Page 4
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141THE POTATO MOTH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10194, 22 March 1911, Page 4
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