With no large swarms of locusts entering Palestine within the past three weeks the danger of the pest is growing less and with each passing day the likelihood of further invasions is lessened. With 8,000 laborers fighting locusts in various parts of the country the invasion of the pests at Jericho has been effectively stopped by poison gas and by zinc sheeting.
It is expected that they will be completely exterminated within a few days. In Transjordania a large part of the population has been mobilized for a war on the locusts while the government has issued a special stamp with the caption “locust campaign.”
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