State Officials Continue Aerial Spraying Against Pesky Medfly
You say you don’t like being sprayed with malathion? There is a solution to the problem: move into the Crystal Cathedral or masquerade as a giant kangaroo rat. Both have been exempted from spraying.
You resent paying for the spraying and paying again for the fruit when it comes to market? Never mind, chalk it up to another bureaucratic bungle that has turned out to be expensive, ineffective and ironically, unscientific.
You ask why haven’t we taken the advice of top entomological experts on how to control the Medfly? It seems that fruit growers and the State Department of Agriculture would rather go “by guess and by golly.”
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, there are no ladybugs, no bees, etc.
GERD ABEGGLEN
Downey
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