CHECKING A PEST

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 18, 23 January 1939, Page 16

CHECKING A PEST

Twenty thousand Japanese beetles are captured every "day in the forty traps set'« for the insect pests in the Bronx Botanical Gardens, New York. Millions of these beetles have invaded the shrubbery in the New York area and with the plague still menacing, the authorities have asked professional and amateur gardeners to co-operate in the defensive fight. The insect is about the size of a horsefly. Experts are experimenting to find the best means of killing the beetles and checking their spread.

ship remain practically unaltered, although McKelyie's high score gives him a substantial lead. With three short-range matches and two longrange matches fired, the positions now are:—McKelvie 371, Croxton 363, King 359, F. McDonald 359, Kelly 359, Boon 350. The leading handicap aggregate scores are:—Bradey 363, Stewart 358, A. B. McDonald 351. The winners of the spoon competitions, held in conjunction with the championship matches, were: L. J. McKelvie (scr) and B. P. Doyle (handicap). Although a competitor has one point deducted from the total score for each spoon won, McKelvie has now succeeded in winning four spoons. Scores:—

G. G Kelly 45 41 0 86 B. P. Doyle, 39, 42, 5—86; W. Morns. 35, 43, 8—86; W. F. Ongley, jun., 42, 36. 7—85; R. Bradey, 36, 43, 5—84; F McDonald, 43, 40, 0—83; J. V. King 40 41, 0—81; R. J. Stewart, 41, 39, 1—81: W. Ongley, 40, 38, 2—80; H. Keene 43, 37, 0—80: T. H. Boon, 36, 43, 0—79; J, Bridges, 33, 40, 3—76; C. D. Elliott. 27, 41, 7—75; J. Hubbard, 38, 30, 7— 75; J.. Dick, 34, 25, 14—73; A. B. McDonald, 28, 37, 7—72. The range for next Saturday will be 300 yards and the targets No's. 6 to 9.

i. J. McKelvie ... ,. S. Hare [. V. Croxton ... yds. yds. 46 47 41 46 41 45 Hep. Tl. 0 93 0 87 0 86