SOUTHERN CROPS TROUBLED.
DROUGHT AXD TURNIP FLY. Mr. John Lambie, of Kvlo (telegraphs otir special correspondent) tolls the Ashburton "Guardian" that tho turnip and rapo crops in the Plains district have gone of! in a most remarkable mariner during the past week. Tho. majority of these crops; that to tho cyo looked fresh and green ten days ago, liavo bocn reduccd to a withered mass as a result of the dry weather and tho blight; and an examination proves that the. bulbs of tho turnips hnvo already become spongy, This, Mr. Lambie states will ho a very serious matter for the farmers, who woro depending, as former years, on the root crops to finish oir their sheep and lambs. Mr. Lambio also states that myriads of insects arc on tho wing in tho ovening,, known fi ,"ip .There is every probability that tho disease will spread from one end of the country to the other. What is required to successfully combat tho disease is a heavy downpour of rain, and until this occurs thero is no hope of the disease being chcckcd in its spread.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 455, 13 March 1909, Page 3
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185SOUTHERN CROPS TROUBLED. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 455, 13 March 1909, Page 3
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