. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . LHAF-HOPPEK (GKEATLV M A( .N IFIKP i. SUGAR CANE THE GROWING OF SUGAR CANE II Queensland, Australia. On his return to Hawaii, entomologistswere sent to Australia and the search for the enemy of the hop-per began. For weeks the entomologists virtually lived in the cane fields,undergoing extreme privations, but at last their faithfulnesswas crowned with success. Several species of parasites thatkept the Queensland leaf-hopper in check were discovered, andlater on more were found in the islands of Fiji. These tiny crea-t
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . LHAF-HOPPEK (GKEATLV M A( .N IFIKP i. SUGAR CANE THE GROWING OF SUGAR CANE II Queensland, Australia. On his return to Hawaii, entomologistswere sent to Australia and the search for the enemy of the hop-per began. For weeks the entomologists virtually lived in the cane fields,undergoing extreme privations, but at last their faithfulnesswas crowned with success. Several species of parasites thatkept the Queensland leaf-hopper in check were discovered, andlater on more were found in the islands of Fiji. These tiny crea-tures as a rule were invisible to the naked eye and could only beseen with the aid of a powerful magnifying glass. All of theseinsects were parasites either of the leaf-hopper or its eggs. Twoof them were particularly efficacious. One, quicker in movementthan the hopper, caught it unawares and attached itself to thehoppers body much in the same way that a mosquito does to ahuman being. After catching it, the parasite would sting thehopper and lay an tgg in its body. In a few days a young para-site was hatched
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