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CHAPTER XVI. 



Insect Pests and their Control 



So far, our crops have suffered very little from 

 attacks of insects. We have, however, with us 

 several insects which are capable of doing serious 

 damage should they become sufficiently numerous, 

 as they probably will in the future, with large 

 tracts of country under the cultivation of similar 

 crops. Scale insects have appeared on our Coffee 

 and Cocoa. Fruit flies have also appeared on both 

 crops. The Coffee berry-beetle has caused some 

 damage. Green fly are sometimes a nuisance on 

 the young growths of Cocoa. Nocturnal crickets 

 are on many estates particularly numerous, and 

 cause much damage in the nurseries and to newly 

 planted fields. White ants are present almost 

 everywhere. 



The trained cultivator knows from experience 

 that one of the surest means of guarding against 

 insect attacks is to keep the trees in vigorous 



