ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
A.U.M. (Feilding) sends us a sample of ' green oats in which.many of the blades, are . of a "rusty red colour. It is, he says, a,form , 3 ofi blight l that is prevalent among late crops , 0 in the Feilding district this season, and he ? is anxious, for himself, and his neighbours,- ? that it should be identified, with a view to 7 finding a remedy. Tho crop was grown oil rich river deposit on the banks oftheOroua 0 liiver. . . ■ 0 [This is an interesting malady, which will, ■ v fortunately, we believe, right itself.. Microscopical examination failed to reveal ■ any J 1 trace of fungus disease. Tho troublo is almost' certainly the result of attacks by tbo aphis pest earlier in the season. The action 1 of theso little insects in sucking tho food X material out of the leaves has caused them ? to wither. If favourable weather should 'r now prevail the crop will in all probability , recover and mako good grovrth. The mode I s of attack of the aphis, and the way in which j" it in turn is attacked, by a stinging fly, was described in this column on Wednesday of last week.]
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 67, 12 December 1907, Page 2
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