Show locusts from the desert one of the worst enemies that the south african colonists have to corn bat Is the brown locust of the kala ban desert which periodically senda forth dei curing swarms into the set tied regions on the south in march 1909 enormous swarms of these de stroe s invaded cape colony oer an area of miles the insects lay their eggs in the invaded regions during thy winter and the eggs are hatched during the next summer s rains tl e south af acan central locust bureau the ex istance of such an organization shows the seriousness of the plague gives warning that great energy will be required during the coming summer to destroy the insects nothing it Is thought could bo done to combat the locusts in their desert stronghold and attention must be concentrated upon the destruction of the young insects as they batch out youths compan ton |