BRONZE BEETLES & EARWIGS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 137, 24 May 1928, Page 8

BRONZE BEETLES & EARWIGS

FRUITGROWERS TAKE ACTION. Auckland, May 22. With the object of encouraging research to combat the principal pests and diseases affecting the frjjit industry, the directors of the' New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation have agreed to pay a subsidy of £lOO a year for two years in order to make possible the employment of a special assistant at the Cawthron Institute. The annual report of the hoard of directors states that fruitgrowers had for several years emphasised the necessity for research work being carried out in an endeavour to prevent the ravages of pests and diseases upon fruit. The Department of Agriculture and the Cawthron Institute had given valuable assistance in the past, but. there were two outstanding pests, the bronze beetle and earwig, over which was still no control. To assist in this direction it had been agreed to give a subsidy of £lOO a year for two years. In addition, the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research had agreed to give a subsidy of £l5O a year, and the money would be used to employ a special research assistant. The two chief pests would receive special attention. as great expense would be saved if some means of control could be discovered