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6. AS FAR AS POSSIBLE BlG AREAS SHOULD BE PLANTED WITH CANE 

 AND THERE SHOULD NOT BE SMALL AREAS OF CANE OF DIFFERENT 

 YEARS INTERMIXED WITH OTHER CROPS. 



Second year cane is naturally more heavily infected tlian first 

 year cane and the risk of infecting first year cane where the "sets " 

 have been treated is great if that cane is in close proximity to infected 

 second year cane. 



First, second, and possibly third year cane in close proximity 

 means that there is an endless chain of infection which it is very difficult 

 to combat by any control measures and thus it would be advisable 

 as far as possible to grow cane in big areas. Every third year the land 

 would then be occupied by some other crop and a break in the sequence 

 of host plants for the insect effected. 



Summarizing the foregoing control measures I would suggest 

 that :- 



(1) Clean "sets " be planted. 



(2) Cane should only be grown for two years on any field until 

 the pest is under control. 



(3) The " trash " should not be removed from the fields or used 

 by the factories as fuel. 



(4) The land should be thoroughly cleaned immediately after 

 the harvest. 



(5) Cane should not be grown on cane. 



(6) As far as possible big areas should be planted with cane. 



I should have liked also to suggest that the growth of " Baladi " 

 cane be encouraged, but that is hardly practical. The cultivator could 

 not be expected to comply with this owing to its low yield ; it would 

 not be worth his while to cultivate " Baladi " cane at the current 

 price per qantar offered by the Sugar Company. This, however, 

 is not at all essential if the suggestions put forward for the control of 

 the outbreak are adopted. 



SUGGESTED METHOD OF APPLICATION OF THE 

 CONTROL MEASURES. 



Early this year an attempt was made to induce cultivators to 

 exercise control measures by propaganda, and they were circularized 

 with a pamphlet pointing out the dangers to the crop and the steps 

 to take. The Government further undertook to supply any cultivator 

 with the necessary paraffin emulsion at cost price. This campaign 

 did uot prove a success. 



