Oregonian/1945/August 26/DDT: Atomic Bomb for Parasites of the Forests
DDT: Atomic Bomb for Parasites of the Forests
Miracle Chemical Spells Sudden Death For Insects; Knocks the Hemlock Looper For Loop in Dusting of Oregon's Woods
BY STEWART HOLBROOK
Noted Portland Author
WHILE THOUSANDS of men were working around the clock in July in an attempt to stay Oregon's worst forest fire in a decade, a 20-man crew composed of loggers, pilots and scientific men, plus two small planes, were battling another timber menace that did not make the front pages, yet was just as big a threat to the woods as the dramatic fires loosed by criminally careless morons. This menace was the greatest invasion of hemlock loopers since 1918.
The hemlock looper is a small insect of the measuring-worm type that eats its weight in foliage in an hour, every hour. Looked at under a microscope, one of the loopers appears like something that accosted me once after an extended session in the old Portland Press club of revered memory. To the naked eye they look like green
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