WEED KILLER.
THE POVERTY BAY SPECIFIC. The report that the Government would paj £15,000 to Mr. Thomas Long, of Hatokimatoki for the secret of his weed-killer, subject to satisfactory test, is denied. Mr. J. D Ritchio, Secretary for Agricul ture, states that Mr. Long offered his preparation to the Government some time ago at £1000. ThajJjprenunent invited tests, and these 'were-attangtd/hut-the question of payment had not been considered. -The Gov* -, eminent hid conducted tests with other specifics from time to time with varying sue- ■ cess. Arsenic had been found to kill Oalifor- i man thistle all down the tap root, but spared, •., the lateral roots, which, broke into growth ir the nest spring. , So < far, cultivation -<ap pcared the best cure on arable land, one sum< mer being sufficient in. favourable leather to eradicate the pest. Whether a specific could , be found effective enough and cheap enough t6 kill out tho various" noxious weeds on ploughable ground had yet to bo ascertained. The Department was doubtful
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 2
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166WEED KILLER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 2
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