"H" URGES IMPORTATION OF BIRDS TO FIGHT CATERPILLARS
Document Type:
newspaper article
Krauss Heading: Agriculture
Title: "H" urges importation of birds to fight caterpillars
Author: no attribution
Newspaper: Polynesian
Date: 1856-01-19
Page: 2 (1-2)
Krauss Annotation:
Letter writer says the big enemy of the small farmer in Hawaii is not inability to get land, nor even the frequent summer drought, but the scourge of grubs and caterpillars which devour a field of turnips in a week. He says pasture lands are alive with these creatures and they lay in masses in cultivated ground. He urges the importation of robins and sparrows to save the small farmer ruin.
Krauss Card: 0100253
Keyword:
Krauss Heading: Agriculture
Title: "H" urges importation of birds to fight caterpillars
Author: no attribution
Newspaper: Polynesian
Date: 1856-01-19
Page: 2 (1-2)
Krauss Annotation:
Letter writer says the big enemy of the small farmer in Hawaii is not inability to get land, nor even the frequent summer drought, but the scourge of grubs and caterpillars which devour a field of turnips in a week. He says pasture lands are alive with these creatures and they lay in masses in cultivated ground. He urges the importation of robins and sparrows to save the small farmer ruin.
Krauss Card: 0100253
Keyword:
