| Show caterpillars THREATEN t FORESTS fonce OF ca GERMANY eld offu of nation nations permit sought to IL 31 combat the pests with poison gat gas 11 syrian thousands of acres of forest forests alone the border line be eft german germany y and poland are re in ter of being bela destroyed by bir count 18 e millions all llon of caterpillars of the pine pins lappet tappet moth which hive infested he t districts district a in greater numbers than ft over been known according accord to to wn foresters fo reeter who babat appealed 1 I abe baft government tor for aid V tar and various other to called rena rewa aes have been tried but without acet in efforts to exterminate the be I 1 und bare have been consider asking the league ue of 0 nations for r 1 to use airplanes and pol 14 gas 41 14 forests reaf where fresh tar baa has put about the tree I 1 the ailt laft ertly overran the tar to arch an extent that a covering of the dead caterpillar caterpillars tho thus entrapped was quickly formed over which their fol laviers low era reached the tree bratic branche bet and leave leaves which were oon soon detoured devoured by the rapa douL uj insects Ine ecta experts my say the only hope of baying ving many any of germanys Oer manya treat great pine pins forests would be by the use of polon poison gaa gas but hey they are ore not even pertain cirtain that this would work successfully in putting aa an end to the pla gue the official officials how ever are eager enter to try thia this method aa as an experiment to a person walking through the lo 10 bested foresta forests either during the day or night the annd of the caterpillars eating rating the leave leaves may be heard beard on all alles to such an extent that the trea appear to be alive the sound remind ing one afan of an unseen crackling fire are when old leave leaves ana young branches are am being bur burned ried the plague Us ha pread spread to some of ju ellms the forese near vear berlin accord ac cordin tig tl to report reports to th the e forestry department in and d million millions of marks ot of irreparably damage bai has already been done dons |
