THE HESSIAN FLY.
(Bv Ei.w.tkk' Teleoiui'h—Coi'viuwit.) Wkllisuton, Monday. The (Jovernment have received a report from Mr Hudson on the Hessian ily in which he stales that the pest has ravaged the wheat cr<>;>s on live or six farms at Rangitikei. Ho thinks it would be advisable to isolate the district as much as possible in order to prevent tinspread of the pest to other parts of the colony. Home of the insects, together with their larva: and several of the it) jured wheat stalks, were sent to the AgentGeneral by the Tongariru, with instruction" that he should obtain the opinion of Miss Omerod and Mr R. H. Meade, two wellknown entomologists, as to whether the settlers at Marton are risrht in supposing that the Hessian fly has made its appearance in that district. If Sir Dillon Bell fimis that it is the Hessian ily he is to make an pffort to obtain some pupte of insects which are bred in America to prey upon the fly. It is believed that the insect which is causing bo much concern in the Rangitikei district just now was brought from the United States ill some packing case straw.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2433, 14 February 1888, Page 2
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195THE HESSIAN FLY. Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2433, 14 February 1888, Page 2
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