NEW MENACE ON FARMS
o NEW PLYMOUTH, Nov. 6. A tussjck-like plant that has infe3ted hundreds of acres of eomparatively level land in the Egmont eounty, has been oliicially identified as carex lucida, a member of the sedge family. The iields superintendent of the Department of Agriculture for the .Wellington district, Mr,. C. J. Hdmblyn, with the instructor in agriculture; at N ev/ Plymouth, Mr.. A., C. Burg^ss,; spenl | today iiiyes|tigating :its sptedd. i;; / "Thfere is.no doubt .that the people: of this area are f acdng i uldjor •problpm: ;i.q.combaiting the sedge inVasion," shid; Air. Hamblyn. "It is particularly serious .because;:the planf tlirives:,qn .both! good aud poojr pastures-. ' ' . He added: that carex luei{larhltliou£h a 'sedgbj Was, •very. siniilar iii appearance and tenacity it o tlie-dreaded nassella tussoclc, to ConLrol . whieh an Act of Parliament was iccelltly passed. " Apparently this probItuu lias reached its present serious pro portion as the result of a light infes- ■ ation that was iguored, " he added. ' ' The plaut is free seeding, it is very uupiilatable for stock, it is too tough ti: be mowed, and it is capable of cov ering large areas. There appears to be uo icason to suppose that the plant will dif out and it will have to be forced Ollt." '
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 November 1946, Page 5
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