GOATS AND MORE GOATS
A CURSE OF TARANAKI "It seems to me that some of the farmers of Taranaki have not as much sense as the goats which, they keep on the verge l of Mt. Egmont's native forest mantle," writes a New Plymouth member of the Forest and Bird Protection Society. "The farmers say that they need the animals to check blackberry, but the ateul truth is that many of the goats have found their way into the bush where they get better fodder than prickly blackberry. They 1 have increased to such an extent that they are a real menace to the forest on which the welfare of Taranaki depends. Without that protective forest, which regulates the flow from thaws of snow and very heavy rains, the rich dairying lands would soon be laid waste. Why the instinct of self-preservation does not makci the Taranaki people wage a persistent exterminating war on the goats is a mystery to me. They seem to be expecting the Government to work a miracle. The goats will beat them if they do not bestir themselves. They havei only themselves to blame for the goat nuisance which threatens their living."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 124, 2 July 1941, Page 6
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197GOATS AND MORE GOATS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 124, 2 July 1941, Page 6
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