BEETLES AND BUGS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 May 1928, Page 5

BEETLES AND BUGS.

FRUITGROWERS TAKE ACTION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Tuesday. 'With the object of encouraging research to combat the principal pests and diseases affecting the fruit industry, the directors of the New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation have agreed to pay a subsidy of £IOO 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 board of directors states that fruitgrowers had for several years emphasised the necessity for research work being carried out ir. 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 there was still no control. To assist in this direction it had been agreed to give a subsidy of £IOO 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 effective means of control could be discovered.