HOW TO GET RID OF THE CALIFORNIAN THISTLE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1817, 17 April 1888, Page 4

HOW TO GET RID OF THE CALIFORNIAN THISTLE.

(" North Ot?go Times.")

The work r>f farmer* m New Zealand la the deHrudion of tbe Oalifornian thistle is likely to be considerably lessened by a poisonous preparation discovered by a Mr Mnrcbteon, cf Viotoila. Tl c preparation Is at prefect used m the destruction of mallee scrub thiatld. dps weed, etc. It Is very fffjctlve m lia destroying pffect?. On the softer plants a little of the flud poison sprinkled on the leaves will kill the pi n y , roots and all ; Bnd with treeß, a araall quantity placed at the roots has ths same iffct. The recce y far thtsa peats It caita'n, and aa it ia chexp it will make the opat of deatruo ion small compared with whit i», wou'd be nnder the ays'ems previously m vogne Tbe Oaroara F*rmerß* Olab hss been oirslderiDg the most tfficaci >ns m tbort of dealing with the Canadian thistle, and ii ail tho aco> unts are true t f thfi tffioiecoyoE Mr MurchUon'a remady» they need not look farther for a mesna o? ridding themselves of what may grow Into a serions drawbaok to farmlDg In this and other districts. The remedy has been patented, and we presume will soon be heard of m New Zealand.