Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1919 — Miles of Poison for Beetles. [ARTICLE]

Miles of Poison for Beetles.

The Japanese beetle, that not only destroys flowering plants, and especially roses. but also attacks orchard trees, has recently become so prevalent in New Jersey that the federal government has begun a warfare against it. Miles and miles of poison are used; and trenches dug to keep the beetles from escaping the sections, treated. Already bushels of dead beetles are being collected, and it is hoped that they can all be destroyed so that they won’t infest other parts of the country. The department of agriculture works hard to keep out the “undesirable alien” among insects of all kinds, but as in the case of rhe Japanese beetle, ope or two occasionally smuggle themselves in as stow-aways on plants or fruits, and then escape to work against the country they have adopted.—Philadelphia North American. ‘