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showing the number of swarms killed in the various districts of the 

 Karroo, will dispel the idea that the campaign in this part of the 

 Union was carried on indifferently. Had the swarms that were 

 destroyed in the Cape and also the Orange Free State been allowed to 

 reach the winged stage, very few crops in the Union would have 

 escaped devastation. 



Method of Destruction of Voetgangers. 



Of the two methods of destruction, viz., spraying and baiting, 

 the latter is rapidly becoming the more popular of the two. In some 

 districts— notably Beaufort West — after the District Locust Officer 



Preparing Poisoned Bait on the bolder 

 of the Kalahari. 



had demonstrated how the bait should be prepared and laid, the 

 baiting process was adopted practically throughout the whole district. 

 The chief advantage the baiting process has over the spraying is that 

 it obviates the necessity for transporting water over long distances. 



The material (dried manure, donkey for preference) for making 

 poison bait is, however, not always easily procurable, and in some 

 districts, willy nilly, the spraying process had to be adopted and 

 water carted long distances. To assist farmers with the transport of 

 water an arrangement was made with the Eailway Administration for 

 the sale to farmers of 40-gallon oil-barrels at 3s. 6d. each with one 

 head and 5s. with two heads. It is understood that quite a number 

 of these barrels were purchased by the farmers. 



