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THE GRASS GRUB

IN THE MASTERTON DISTRICT

A farmer from the suburbs of Mas- \ terton brought into the Age office yesterday specimens of the grass-grub. They .appeared to be two distinct species—one lot being the small blackheads up to an inch in length, and the others a dirty brown colour, from two to three inches long. The farmer's* opinion is that they are all of one* species, and the larger ones are !wo years old. The paddock from which they were gathered is now being ploughed, and the starlings are following the plough in hundreds. Before the ploughing, on wet days, the starlings could be seen in the paddocks in Socks, The general opinion is that these grubs develop into a chrysalis, and finally into a flying beetle, or a moth. The farmer on whose land the grabs are is not of this opinion, as .he found nests of young grubs, which he. is convinced were not from the eggs of moths, but bred from the larger grubs. These grubs are more particularly found in light soils, the heavy soils not being favourable to their A -mop+b r-/"-n a fprmer from this district visited the Government Experimental Farm, Waikato. He found the little grub there in plenty, and inquired of the man in charge what 1 be remedy was. He got no satisfactory information; in fact, he was told there was at present no known remedy. The birds are not able to get at the larger grub, as 'hey go down too deep into, the ground.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10685, 12 July 1912, Page 5

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THE GRASS GRUB Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10685, 12 July 1912, Page 5

THE GRASS GRUB Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10685, 12 July 1912, Page 5

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