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FRESH HATCHINGS
OF LOCUSTS
New Plague Feared
In North
Immediate action by the
Government and local gov-
erning bodies to combat the
grasshopper menace was urged
by land owners in northern dis
tricts yesterday.
Landowners in areas where
freshly batched locusts have
been reported expressed con
cern at the likelihood of a new
plague greater than the one
which swept through their pro
perties less than a month ago.
Reports of fresh hatchings
have been received from Gawler,
Salisbury, Virginia and Smith
field.
Mr. P. Hughes, a market gar
dener at Payneham, said that
the Government had spent
£100,000 in combating the fruit
fly but so far had done very
little about grasshoppers.
Mr. Hughes, who lost three
acres of valuable celery seed
lings a few weeks ago, said that
he had found DDT powder ef
fective, but expensive for killing
the locusts.
Millions of grasshoppers had
hatched on his property since
Friday, said Mr. L. W Marschall
of Virginia. Unless something
was done in the next two or
three days damage would
amount to thousands of pounds.
The first report of hatchings
in the Salisbury district was
made to the local council yester
day. Mr. J. Stacker, a dairy
man, discovered that eggs were
hatching around bis lucern
patch.
The Chief Agricultural Ad
viser (Mr. R. C. Scott) said last
night that he did not greatly
fear the present hatchings. They
were occurring hi more densely
populated areas and could
therefore be dealt with more
easily than if they occurred fur
ther north.
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