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Show I ARMY OF LADYBUGS READY FOR ATTACK my Associate (reee. I rt'I.t-MAN. Waah Dec. 27. Not In ' irrajr uniform a but In hrlrkleh red and black, and perhaps other c olora. will an array of SO.Ooaoao advance to the attack In Walla Walla, Klickitat, Whitman Whit-man and Columbia count lea of Wash inrion next aprina;. The invading army will be eom poaed of ladybuta gathered this winter win-ter by arrlcultural acenta or their as-latanta as-latanta and carefully cared for during dur-ing the winter In barrack a of excelalor and itreen debrta from the wood a. After the period of hibernation, the lady- butts will be invited to attack the aphid peat In the C'trriena nd field a of these ! counties. It will be a "major action." j for the test waa tried out on a email ; atnle with succeas thta year. j Karh lady hue;, ear experta at the Washington State college, can devour law aphid, and produces some 200 of i its own younf In a season. Because of these known facta the ajrrtcuIturHl ' aaents hope to reduce the eatlmated $'.000 000 losa of thta past year In va- : nous crops, due to the aphtda. |