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Professor Illingworth's mission in the Far East is to isolate the parasite to the insect commonly known as the Japanese green. beetle, which is creating much havoc in the vicinity of Philadel phia and which first appeared in America in 1915 but which by 1920 had so multiplied so as to become. {a positive nuisance in the veget- able world inasmuch as it a tacked no fewer than 200 varieties of plants, their leaves, flowers and fruits, while the grub Tokyo, March 19--In addition to devastated grass lawnB, The the players previously mentioned, American Congress voted G. the Japanese Davis Cup team in- $89,000 four years ago and fast AGENTS:-Messrs. Wakefieldi clades Okamoto, who is at present year another G. $120,000 all of & Co., (China) Ltd., 60, Klanges in India. The selection of the team which is devoted to combating Road, Shanghai.
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After having spent the better part of a year in Japan, Profes- sor Illingworth came to Shanghai in November, and is using this port as headquarters for expedi tious into different sections of the country searching for parasites. While in the Island Empire he refound or assisted in finding eight different insects which prayed on by the beetle and thinks that in China many more are to be found. Lass year 150,000 parasites were shipped from Japan to America and put to work as killers.
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It is sometimes stated that animals know what is good for them, as instanced by the fact that dogs are often to be sean eating blades of grass which we like to think are selected by them for medicinal purposes. But this "Opening his lecture the speaker idea is not always borne out by said that science is getting away the facts, particularly in the from the older methods of fighting case of domestic animals. Hefers, the insect enemies of mankind bullocks and cows seem utterly The following will represent the artificial means like spraying,col-unable to resist, the peculiar University Past and Present XI intivating and catching by hand as attractiveness of the yew tree a friendly match against the C.S. in the case of the potato bug), and wherever it is accesible, and on C.C.. to be played on Saturday, on are assisting Nature's scaven eating it almost invariably die. the C.R.C. ground at 2.15 p.gers, the birds, other insects and Cows will pick up anything, 13 sharp.-The Hon. Sir Claud Sever animale, by the introduction witness a recent case where some Capt. Ng Sce-kwong, A.H. from foreign fields of known devoured red lead with fatal re- Rumjaho. W.31. Gittins, C. Chos parasites. A parasite to an sults- There is a celebrated Rev. E. . Quick, Prof. M. H.insect is another insect that treatise by a nobleman in which Roffer, A. A. Kumjaho, H. N. preys on that victim alone: he seeks to prove that the horse Balhetebet, T. 0. Yeow, S.it is in hocuous to others is a fool because it will endeavour Hachiuma, Reserve, H.C. Huät.
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These great economic factors Amongst wild animals the The following will represent the in the agricultural existence of classic example of apparently University od SI in a League America which were introduced foolish suicide is that of the mig- match against the L. R. C. 2nd into fertile fields by accident (the ration. of the lemmines, a point on Saturday on the University Egyptian moth, cotton boll weevil which has never yet been satis. ground at 2.15 p.m. sharp: 3. from South America and the corn factorily explained. Roughly Youngsave Capt. M. B. Osman.
ezr worm from Europe). were speaking, every tan years or so. C. Peterson. C. W. Lam. Jcausing damage to crops running these little rodents collect to- Noronha, W. H. Sling. H. Yinto millions and hundreds of gether in the mountain districts) Leong A. T. M. Burma, N. Amillions of dollars. They flourish of Norway and march in one'mass Kynin 1. F. N. Vircare, ed only because they were free down to the sea, where those B. P. Sg.
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from molestation from the natural which have escaped dogs, cats, enemies of their native habitat men, and owls are comfortably which were not brought along at drowned. The old idea that they the time of their introduction.] were marching to return to the CURE BY SUGGESTION. |These pests were not a pest in lost continent of Atlantis, al-
their native habitat, because their though picturesque, does natural enemies were always pre- seem useful as an explanation: sent and kept them in control, but when separated from their masters they
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again, only by the introduction of had been introduced into Hawaii the subject and had appointed a their life's enemy. This was be with soil from Japan in 1912 and committee to go into the matter. They had reported against the done in the case of the cotton its grub upon hatching got at the
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Most interesting indeed were the speaker's comments on his work Sir Robert spoke upon the in Hawaii, where he laboured on effect of emotion on the physical three pests, which did harm to the throat, paralyzing it and then laid system and the organic functions auzar cane plant. Applied en-
its eggs. Following its instincts of the body, these being sufficient tomology had saved the agricul--the live product went after the in many cases to produce fatal turists of the islands millions of grub eating round carefully and effect. Ha related many instances dollars and at the conclusion of Gradually but leaving the nervous where during the war an extra- the first year's fight against the stem until the very last and ordinary effect was produced of leaf hopper" the president of then in consuming the nerves, men being so afraid of being the association made the state- killed the food supply. afraid and falling in an emerg- ment that no less than $1,500,000 Nature too provided an anti- ency that they developed what had been saved. This insect had date to the enormous quantities was called 'shell shock." In a come into prominence in 1903, but of lies in a species. of ant large number of those cases they was soon stopped when the fight Pheidola Megocephala” which were cured by suggestion. began by the breeding and im- destroyed 75 per cent. of the egg the same way beneficial effectportation of a wasp, which had been before hatching might be produced by thelooked for in Japan, the Indies emotion" wrought, for instance. and Australia, but which was Asked by a representative of Ifinally found in Queensland. This the North China Daily News firmly convinced that they would parasite laid its egg inside the what his experience had been with be healed. In the report of the egg of the "hopper and as it the mosquito fish now quite com committee mentioned there was hatched first made short sarift of mon in the Philippines and which an insistence that spiritual heal the food provided for it.
are pów being experimented on in Ling was due to faith in the The beetle borer was, the next a large pool in the American Con- Almighty. The effect given by to come into the kan of the Bursulate compound and by Mr. A such faith was not to be regarded eau and as its name signifies it de C. Sowerby, Professor Illing in any way as being supernatural. bored into the cane. Its natural worth said that it was a great It was emphasized that in the opponent was finally discovered in success in his bome state, Texas, case of organic disease there New Guinea, after a search round in the cultivated fields upon sbould be no attempt to dispense the shores of the Pacifica fy, which sometimes an inch or two with medical healing. The two which laid its eggs covenient to of water stood. The fish swam might go together and the effect the grub, the maggots almost with round through the whole of 500 on the mind would readily assist their first motion asting the grab or 600 acres and cleaned out the the body; but the committee were This parasite was used with equal mosquitos thoroughly. He said emphatic that sick persons could success against the same borerin that ook weather in Texas dial shangbei Hongkong-Tientaie not look to the clergy to do other sections of the Fan-Pacific not seem to have much effect doctors' work.
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