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Show FRENCH WASPS TO FIGHT BORER MM M ' ' a Imported to Save Ameri-- Ameri-- can Crop i BOSTON, Au. 4 (By A. P.) With tha rait of 1,009,000 tiny waapa. tanned habrobracont. In thla vicinity, aiparta of tho bureau of entomolojrjv Unuad Bute da-partment da-partment or acrlcultur. hope ther hare eat In motion en afenr that will raault In tha , daatructlon of tha corn borer end the aavlnf of mllllona of dollars to-the farmers. The sucreas of the experiment, an-tomologlata an-tomologlata aay. will not be deter mined until obeervatlons have extended over a period of years. Imported from France. In which country and In ftaly the habro-hracon habro-hracon has proved a relentleos enemy en-emy of the com borer, four colonies colo-nies of the inaecta were brad at the (overnment laboratories In Arlington. Whether the wasp can aurvlve and flourish In the colder and more uneven rllmat of New Kngland and th United States In! general la a question still to be determined. The corn borer Itself la an 'imported 'im-ported species, hsvlng come to America In shipment of European broom corn. Ita ravage first attracted serious attention In 117 In eastern Massachusetts. Bine that tim it ha worked steadily westward. Laat year tha borer caused damag .eatimated at tl.OvO.OO In (thla tat alone. The corn borer, which tn appearance resemble a caterpillar, not only attacka corn but Inflicts Injury upon crop of beets, celery, beans, rhubarb, potatoes, pepper, buckwheat buck-wheat and clover. Altogether, Investigators In-vestigators have found th borer guilty of damaging 211 varieties of plants. Tha habrobraoon I aald to Injur In-jur no crop, confining Ita attacks to the- borer, the gvpsy and the brown tall moths. The waapa are very small, with bodies about the else of the head of a pin. The femal wasp attache Itself to the corn borer and lays Its eggs on It. The, when they develop, at first paralyze and later kill the borer. The battle between borer and habrobracon be(rn with the re , lease of colon.es of 2S0.000 habro-bracona habro-bracona each. In Saugua. Cam-hrldire. Cam-hrldire. MaloVn and Arllnajton. Further experiments are be las made by government entomolo-a-fsts with a view to fin dinar other Insects i which may check the spread of tha borer. |