Fifty-two million ladybirds, reared i' i the State. Inseclary, Sacramento, and i weighing over a ton, are being transported i froo of charge in special railway carriages : to the melon fields in Imperial A 7 allcy, : California. Their mission is to browsa ■• upon the aphides aud other posts thai i are destroying the melon crops. ' Cyclists and motorists who ride at night 'i arc" liablo'to a peculiar danger from 1 hares. At night, when.,a hiiro sees the light of a bicycle or motor lamp approaching lie will go towards it and then stand quite still '» 'he roadway and allow'himself *•• iio.Tnu-iovev; lifgame- ' preserved Ji>nro is a special danI'gcr from this sourw.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1024, 13 January 1911, Page 4
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110Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1024, 13 January 1911, Page 4
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