Show AIRPLANE USED TO FIGHT PESTS Peruvian Farmers Adopt Method Metho In Ill Dusting Against Weevil V By n a Service LIMA LUIA Peru April 2 Peru Peru is following the tho lead lend of tho the United States In using airplanes for Cor dust dust- dusting lug ing cotton colton fields with poison for Cr leaf worm orm plant lice and boll bolt v weevil II Five duster airplanes were I im Im- imported Imported im- im imported ported for this work The planes are of oC special make so that they can fly Cly at a speed of oC about 90 miles an an hour 25 feet Ceet above the tho field CleM to be dusted The poison polson cast from the hop hop- hopper hopper hopper per built Into the plane is caught in tho the blast of tho the propeller and spread over a a. path patti feet Ceet wide It is planned to dust more than 1 acres of cotton collon In the Canete and Chincha valleys with I calcium arsenate dust It is be believed be- be that this work will protect practically all the cotton grown TL n the Canete valley alley and an most of 0 tho tho cotton in the Chincha valley valle against the boll boil weevil wee at nt an on esti estimated mated saving of ot |