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Bores a hole through the center of stem. Some- 
times starts near root, sometlmes high up. The 
other is a small white grub which generally bores 
into new wood. Remedy, —cut down below where 
boring begins and destroy worm. 
CRICKETS 
do a great deal of damage to young tea, eating 
the plant off, near the collar: There is no remedy 
if many are about; if only a few, they may be 
caught by children. 
GRASSHOPPERS 
eat the leaves of the bushes and damage young 
tea, Cause, —clearing away all the jungle, 
their natural food, and forcing them to eat the 
tea. Remedy,—leave a little jungle on roads and 
sides of terraces. 
RATS 
sometimes attack the roots of plants and kill 
them off. But these are not common in the hills. 
They are generally fonnd where coolie lines have 
been demolished for extensions, Remedy,—poison, 
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