SPREAD OF WHITE BUTTERFLY.

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21988, 12 January 1937, Page 8

SPREAD OF WHITE BUTTERFLY.

WARM WEATHER LIKELT TO BRING INCREASE ~i . , - . * & /1 ■ -; * v ' >4- v PARASITES LIBERATED ' B ' SOME DISTRICTS The, improvement in the -wiatSs over‘the’last-few days islikely b bring, abputjan increase in the nanIjpp |cfcf| Swhitb ..butterflies 'whjA-.f far this year have not been, 3Snumerous as last year, Mr it McGlllivray, fields supootendeht of the -Department of &&■ culture in Christchurch. Some dis--'tricts - where-last year a good no* her were/to. be' seen had-not sop. fered so much this year, but other districts which had escaped year were suffering from tiifO P®*'Mr McGillivray said- This was 'counted for by the thought, and the improvement O? now would see an increase m-.tw pest until March. . The Government Entomologor Palmerston : North had bredi«»i number of parasites and mWJ? been, liberated at ora, and Timaru. As soon as became available they would liberated in other a«* Banks Peninsula and MaS 1 bury, where arrangements lor had already been made. : -y. In some gardens around U"-? church, reports had siderable damage had been cabbage plants -and some go* were doubtful ifr it would be 0?* while growing main crop They were considering S™*. early crop varieties only anQP*?“j ing silver beet and similar leaf vegetables to meet the season demand.