j The caterpillar pest, recently reported I io be causing extensive damage in the Far North, has also appeared in. the i-kaio district, 16 miles from New Plymouth. A lb-acre paddock of oats oh Mr. !.. O'Sullivaii s farm was completely ruined. Ploughing operations, which' were put in hand as soon as the djimage was realised, were hampered by ihe pests crawling over the horses and driver whenever a halt was made. Though the area is a considerable dislanee from the coast large numbers of seagulls gathered each day to feast on the insects.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 3
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