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  therefore, 
  the 
  damage 
  doue 
  by 
  kipudopiera 
  its 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  greater 
  than 
  ii 
  

   the 
  monsoon 
  is 
  either 
  weak 
  or 
  early. 
  

  

  Another 
  factor 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  some 
  effect 
  is 
  the 
  occmrence 
  

   or 
  otherwise 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  " 
  sowing 
  rains 
  " 
  which 
  precede 
  the 
  real 
  monsoon. 
  

   This 
  year 
  these 
  were 
  almost 
  entirely 
  absent 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  dry 
  

   conditions 
  prevailing 
  caused 
  the 
  non-appearance 
  of 
  Spodoptera. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  stated 
  above 
  that 
  one 
  can 
  never 
  foretell 
  the 
  place 
  which 
  

   will 
  be 
  attacked 
  in 
  any 
  particular 
  year. 
  Judging 
  from 
  reports 
  and 
  peti- 
  

   tions 
  received 
  in 
  this 
  oiiice 
  and 
  from 
  personal 
  inquiry 
  from 
  raiyats 
  it 
  

   hardly 
  ever 
  turns 
  up 
  two 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  Sometimes 
  as 
  much 
  

   as 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  years 
  may 
  elapse 
  between 
  attacks. 
  Other 
  raiyats 
  

   claimed 
  to 
  remember 
  an 
  attack 
  thirty 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  none 
  since. 
  One 
  

   cannot 
  therefore 
  forecast 
  the 
  point 
  against 
  which 
  an 
  assault 
  will 
  be 
  

   delivered 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  preliminary 
  precaution 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  taken 
  is 
  to 
  

   spread 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  lifehistory 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  and 
  means 
  of 
  con- 
  

   trolling 
  it 
  to 
  as 
  many 
  raiyats 
  as 
  possible, 
  so 
  that 
  all 
  will 
  have 
  at 
  least 
  

   the 
  chance 
  of 
  being 
  warned 
  and 
  profiting 
  by 
  the 
  warning 
  or 
  send 
  for 
  

   assistance 
  in 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  Plan. 
  The 
  plan 
  of 
  campaign 
  consisted 
  of 
  three 
  parts 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  publicity 
  and 
  press 
  campaign; 
  articles 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  

   written 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  vernacular 
  papers, 
  and 
  interviews 
  given 
  to 
  corres- 
  

   pondents 
  of 
  these 
  papers. 
  

  

  (2) 
  In 
  all 
  prominent 
  places, 
  bazaars, 
  toddy-shops, 
  road-side 
  trees, 
  

   Railways 
  Stations, 
  Railway 
  carriages, 
  etc., 
  posters 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  stuck 
  up. 
  

   These 
  posters 
  were 
  of 
  two 
  kinds 
  and 
  were 
  to 
  accompany 
  one 
  another. 
  

   The 
  first 
  poster 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  coloured 
  one 
  prepared 
  under 
  my 
  direction 
  by 
  

   my 
  Head 
  Artist. 
  The 
  second 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  smaller 
  and 
  explanatory 
  of 
  the 
  

   first. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  times 
  these 
  posters 
  had 
  been 
  pasted 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  seven 
  taluqs 
  

   selected 
  for 
  the 
  campaign, 
  it 
  was 
  calculated 
  that 
  the 
  lecturers 
  would 
  

   have 
  got 
  to 
  work. 
  

  

  One 
  lecturer 
  was 
  sent 
  into 
  each 
  taluq 
  with 
  orders 
  to 
  collect 
  as 
  many 
  

   raiyats 
  in 
  each 
  amsam 
  as 
  possible 
  and 
  give 
  a 
  lecture 
  on 
  Spodoptera 
  mauritia 
  

   and 
  a 
  simple 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  lifehistory. 
  He 
  was 
  to 
  encourage 
  raiyats 
  

   to 
  ask 
  questions 
  and 
  to 
  explain 
  to 
  them 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  paddy 
  

   pests 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  might 
  complain. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  lecturing 
  tour, 
  which 
  was 
  to 
  begm 
  on 
  1st 
  March 
  

   and 
  finish 
  on 
  15th 
  May, 
  each 
  lecturing 
  oflSlcer 
  was 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  taluq 
  

   headquarters 
  and 
  there 
  await 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  pest 
  from 
  

   raiyats 
  or 
  village 
  officers. 
  At 
  all 
  lectures 
  raiyats 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  told 
  where 
  

   the 
  officer 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  their 
  taluq 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  and 
  that 
  any 
  call 
  for 
  

   his 
  assistance 
  would 
  be 
  responded 
  to 
  at 
  once. 
  

  

  