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Show Gov. Gen, Wood Leads Locust Fight MAnMU. Sept. St IBv A. FI-Fvperlence FI-Fvperlence la military tactic alned on the field of battl is lmi I met useful In civil atm1.ile-tratlon. atm1.ile-tratlon. and the armies bat-ked hy i bayensts. aeroplanes and beavr ar- tlllery are not the only dangerous I enemy to a country, Oovernor ()n eral Ionard Wood demohairated lo tha niemhera of the Msulla Hotaxy club recently. , Th governor general referred to ths campaign agslnst ths lorusts tn the terms of a mllltsry adventure, telling how staff and field officer reported dally the spread snd movs ments of the hoppers, whrrs the larvae hatched, what res tons wer most Infested with th nopper la trie preflylng tae. and th direction direc-tion tuken hy th largs fivers. Chkrts and maps were maintained In the governor general a off Us, the new llnea being marked by col' ored'plns, so at a lac ins eaact position of the pest's lines, and ths headwny helng mad by ths governor general's pent control forens could h determined at a minute's notlre. much as a commanding com-manding genersl la a battle studies ths lines and povidone of bis and, the enenty's troops. Ths governor general said the rampalan carried with It murh of the Intereat and excitement of a military undertaking.' |