1 Ava., 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 117 
Mr. F. W. Prex (Loganholme) came from a district where flying- 
foxes were very troublesome, and where camps of them were to be found. 
About the Logan, the local boards had taken up the matter of the destruction 
of foxes, and he believed three of them had done something definite in the 
matter. With regard to other pests of farmers, he mentioned the redbill, or 
red-headed coot, which was a great nuisance in his district. Of course the 
firing of guns and shooting did drive such pests away, but they came back 
again, and the boards then had no more money to offer for scalps to encourage 
their destruction. He therefore thought, if the Government could see its way 
clear to give a further subsidy for the purpose, it would be to the betterment 
of the whole colony. Furthermore, he would suggest that some kind of 
combination be formed to deal with such pests, because, although one district 
might spend all its rates in fighting them, it would be useless unless it was 
backed up by the concerted action of other districts. The only remedy that 
he could suggest for flying-foxes was by continually harassing and shooting 
them. Wallabies were certainly a nuisance, and he thought it would bea 
great advantage if the Agricultural Department would supply cheap fencing to 
farmers. Like Mr. Sandrock, he had suffered from moths, particularly on his 
oranges, aud he had thought out a scheme by which a good many might be 
trapped. The idea was to get a box—a kerosene case would do—and make the 
trap best explained by the following diagram :— 
The sides of the box would be solid, with grooves for the glass. The box could 
be placed on saplings or suspended in a suitable place in the orchard, and 
through the attraction of the lamp a good many moths would probably be 
trapped, as well as many other insects at the same time. 
Mr. J. G. Paternorre (Toowoomba) said at present flying-foxes were 
not very troublesome at Toowoomba, although he had known the pest to be 
very bad in past years. Still, thirty miles away there were plenty of camps. 
A good way to deal with flying-foxes, at least for peaches, was to get rid of 
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