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Show LOCUST PLAGUE J HITS ARGENTINA 1 BlfEHOS AIRES, Nov. 16. fCorrespnn dencc of tbc Associated Press.) A plague SH of locusts, like that which In ancient H Egypt "covered the face of the earth " PS this year descended upon the province PS of Santa Fe. .Similar offensives are al- HJ most annual events in one part or another PS of Argentinn. . H Tlx lix'tnds come suddenly and witnom hj warn Inc. Where for a year or several vf.nr perhaps not one of the Insects has BHJ been seen, a veritable cloud of them will one dav appear and settle on the groun d shj These usually come from the northwest. from the vast almost uninhabited tra.i- H In Bolivia. II la supposed 1 i H the earth like a moving carpel, gradually H movlntr on. . . At first little damage Is done, ash e bhj from the Inconvenience of having literally bhj millions of the Insects covering every- shj I hi tig ar.'l - v.n penetrating the houses. Rut as they progress through the coun- fHBJ try they bore holes Into the earth, prer- HBJ erably in hard .p.its such as roadways, isj Int., which thev deposits their eggs. HBJ within a short time the larva are hatel ed ami come r-.it At flrsl these S not flv and It Is at this atace that the-, SBH devour every living plant within their S path, with the exception of a few species bhsj sueh as willow trees. litib- later the Insects develop their shh wines and. leaving the country through BHBJ which thev have passed a desert, dlsap- ajSHJ poar almost as suddenly as they earn.- . r jhh Where they go lo has never been dls- JHBI covered. LHH Argentine has had recourse to mn-iy bhbj m. thiols of fighting the locusts The na- HBH tion maintain- organized l.iusf fightm- rouads. something like those formed to fight forest fires, and these are son' HBJ every Near to the sections invaded. l;i addition, even rani her Is held n sponsi , hie for fighting the pest In his own I- - One of tho methods employed Is to dig trenches In which the Insects are colled- ed aft. rwaid being burned But no ma;- ter how manv millions of them are ma Ii JMBJ away with In any such manner It is im-r,.s.s,ble im-r,.s.s,ble lo II-!-. the p. st owing to tin great extent of Argentina, much of Willi n BHJ is sun very sparsely settled |