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Show ... r . these pests in the latest fashion by breeding parasites which will attack them. This method is recommended by Mr. Koebele of Alameda. CaL, who tried it successfully in that State for-white scale. The Massachusetts Forestry association- favors the experiment, i which will not cost much, and Mr. Koebele will' doubtless be invited to bring his parasites para-sites to Massachusetts and sick them on. The whole country is concerned in this experiment ' because a Massachusetts Congressman has invited Congress to declare the gypsy moth a national enemy ene-my and to appropriate 250,000 to light him. The parasite cure is a modern wonder won-der and has been effective in cases of great moment Mr. Koebele says it wi'l not wipe out the gypsy moths, but wi U. (keep them down. The boll-weevil nv i ' presently , be restrained by the sa- " methods. Harper's Weekly. . Million-Dollar Caterpillars. ' , . A few years ago a scientific person in Massachusetts imported some caterpillars caterpil-lars that Interested him, and kept them in a bottle. But one day the bottle tipped over and some of the caterpillars escaped es-caped into the scientist's garden, and presently stocked it with gypsy moths. To catch them and their descendants the Bay State has since spent about a million dollars of public money. They have cost it many million dollars besides In damages. The old method of fighting them was to find and destroy the cocoons. co-coons. The State finally gave that up. much, to the regret of many of Its cltl-sens. cltl-sens. The bugs ' have since Increased very much, and carried destruction into tv& Koodit, la now jroposed to fight |