A NEW PEST.
Mr T. Ecrtov, manager of Mr Stone's faim, A\oiulale, YVaipa, w utes to tlio Editor at> follows :— On this faim we h.i\e got a most destmctne giub. .At piesent it is confiiu'd to two paddocks. One of tlie&e is bown with turnips, and the giub has got possession of one-half, and dcstioyed all vegetation. The giub is giey, /of an inch in length, with a yellow head ; they aie veiy numeioua, fully twenty to the qquaie tool, and whilst most of them aio found two or thieo inches below the suiface, I find a gieat many si* inches deep These pests do then woik at the loots of the plants by gnawing them completely away. lain anxious to know if other paits of the W.ukato lui\e got them, and shall l)f cxticmely glad to &cc tliiougli } our \ aluable paper homo means di \ i'sed of trotting ud ot this bcomgc [Teihaps somo of our u j .ulcis may bo able to .ifioi.l liiioniuiUon on the faub ject. -Ed.]
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1852, 20 May 1884, Page 2
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170A NEW PEST. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1852, 20 May 1884, Page 2
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