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  infested 
  field 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  turn 
  sheep 
  into 
  it 
  and 
  allow 
  them 
  to 
  eat 
  off 
  

   the 
  grain 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  too 
  far 
  gone. 
  This 
  would 
  save 
  the 
  money 
  

   expended 
  on 
  raising 
  it 
  to 
  that 
  stage. 
  

  

  Fuller 
  (C). 
  Locust 
  Campaign, 
  Cape 
  Midlands, 
  1913.— 
  Agric. 
  Jl. 
  

   Union 
  S. 
  Africa, 
  Pretoria, 
  vii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  30-34. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  a 
  few 
  unimportant 
  swarms 
  of 
  

   migratory 
  locusts 
  were 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  Cape 
  Midlands. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  

   that 
  two 
  different 
  locusts 
  were 
  involved, 
  the 
  true 
  migratory 
  locust, 
  

   Locusta 
  pardalina 
  {Pachytylus 
  sulcicoUis), 
  and 
  a 
  not 
  particularly 
  

   harmful 
  species, 
  L. 
  danica. 
  The 
  farmers 
  were 
  urged 
  to 
  notify 
  any 
  

   egg 
  deposits, 
  and 
  reports 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  between 
  sixty 
  and 
  seventy 
  

   farms. 
  Till 
  the 
  1st 
  November 
  there 
  was 
  every 
  prospect 
  of 
  a 
  successful 
  

   issue 
  of 
  the 
  campaign, 
  but 
  by 
  this 
  time 
  it 
  was 
  obvious 
  that 
  the 
  out- 
  

   break 
  was 
  far 
  more 
  serious 
  than 
  had 
  been 
  anticipated. 
  Greater 
  

   success 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  achieved 
  had 
  all 
  concerned 
  taken 
  interest 
  

   in 
  the 
  work. 
  The 
  locusts 
  then 
  coming 
  to 
  wing 
  largely 
  escaped 
  the 
  

   attack 
  of 
  locust 
  birds, 
  thus 
  increasing 
  the 
  difficulty. 
  Investigation 
  

   also 
  showed 
  that 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  locusts 
  hatched 
  from 
  eggs 
  deposited 
  

   years 
  previously. 
  Complaints 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  that 
  difficulty 
  was 
  

   experienced 
  in 
  obtaining 
  poison, 
  but 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  was 
  a 
  depot 
  further 
  

   than 
  fifteen 
  miles 
  from 
  a 
  locust-infested 
  farm. 
  The 
  most 
  serious 
  fault 
  

   has 
  been 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  limited 
  issue 
  of 
  poison 
  arranged 
  for 
  ; 
  at 
  first 
  

   two 
  drums 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  an 
  applicant, 
  but 
  very 
  soon 
  the 
  officers 
  in 
  

   charge 
  were 
  authorised 
  to 
  issue 
  poison 
  at 
  their 
  discretion. 
  The 
  

   ineffectiveness 
  of 
  the 
  poison 
  was 
  also 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  complaint, 
  but 
  

   investigation 
  showed 
  that 
  the 
  solution 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  properly 
  stirred 
  

   and 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  a 
  liquid 
  under 
  strength 
  w^as 
  used, 
  leaving 
  the 
  heavier 
  

   arsenic 
  compound 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  drum. 
  The 
  farmers 
  are 
  again 
  

   urged 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  Government 
  and 
  report 
  every 
  locust 
  

   movement. 
  

  

  La 
  Protecci6n 
  a 
  los 
  pajaros 
  utiles 
  a 
  la 
  agricultura. 
  [The 
  protection 
  of 
  

   birds 
  useful 
  to 
  agriculture.] 
  — 
  Revista 
  agricola 
  Catalan 
  de 
  San 
  

   Isidro, 
  Barcelona, 
  1913, 
  69 
  pp. 
  

  

  This 
  pamphlet 
  is 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Provincial 
  Board 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  

   Barcelona 
  with 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  popularising 
  bird 
  protection, 
  and 
  stress 
  

   is 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  Chief 
  Officer 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  district 
  of 
  

   Catalonia 
  reported 
  in 
  1907 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  that 
  the 
  diseases 
  affecting 
  

   the 
  " 
  Algarroba 
  " 
  (carob 
  bean) 
  at 
  Cambrils 
  (Tarragona) 
  could 
  be 
  

   avoided 
  by 
  bird 
  protection. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  reserves 
  in 
  ensuring 
  the 
  

   increase 
  of 
  birds 
  forms 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  one 
  chapter, 
  which 
  contains 
  the 
  

   following 
  figures 
  from 
  a 
  paper 
  presented 
  in 
  1913 
  to 
  the 
  International 
  

   Institute 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  by 
  the 
  Hungarian 
  delegate, 
  M. 
  E. 
  de 
  Miklos 
  

   de 
  Miklosvar, 
  and 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  Hungarian 
  State 
  Preserves 
  in 
  1911 
  

   and 
  1912. 
  In 
  1911, 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  nests 
  was 
  5,005 
  ; 
  of 
  these, 
  

   2,077 
  (41 
  per 
  cent.) 
  were 
  occupied 
  by 
  useful 
  birds, 
  502 
  (10 
  per 
  cent.) 
  

   by 
  sparrows, 
  and 
  164 
  (3 
  per 
  cent.) 
  by 
  animals 
  other 
  than 
  birds. 
  Thus 
  

   it 
  was 
  estimated 
  that 
  some 
  14,000 
  useful 
  birds 
  would 
  be 
  bred 
  that 
  

   year. 
  In 
  1912, 
  5,222 
  nests 
  were 
  inspected 
  ; 
  55 
  per 
  cent, 
  were 
  found 
  

   occupied 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  estimated 
  that 
  about 
  15,000 
  useful 
  birds 
  would 
  

   be 
  bred. 
  The 
  International 
  Convention 
  of 
  1902 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  full. 
  This 
  

  

  