BEETLES, CHARLOCK, AND SPURRY.
/; ! :;,':::'\ : .;^, ; SOME ; -.; : ';■/;//' ■':' Eeports:'from- South'•- Canterbury (telegraphs. .our/Christchurch .correspondent) state that, the ■farmi'ng;'outl6ok,:at; the.present: time is/most .ericouraginj*,, and nearly .everywhere: there'is '.p'roniiso of,"'ah excellent harvest; ■■' The wet •weather., has ;delayed: shearing,',.bnt/-the: rain teams'- at, a time,'when the surface' of the land; hadbeepmo dry and caked from the, constant winds.i and was ,of ..great benefit "to the corn crops;;/Toward'the"coast 'wheat/is.particularly promising,/and the oat' crops are," : as a" rule, level; and 'good.' '.'■:.' .;■ /''/.// "' ■■ "Weeds,- notably charlock' and .spurry, have spread considerably. In; future' spurry is likely to Cause.'rnu'ch trouble./ Several methods .have been tried to eradicate it: from the land, :but iso. far, without 'success. •.- Last 'season some iof .- the : root-crops., wereV completely /..overgrown 'and /choked/'by"this /weed,; .'and'iri carting 'corn to',stack it' was noticed:that' where-spurry-had grown with the oats the ■ bottoms - bf: the drays , were covered' half 'an ;ihoh deep with the. seed. ■When the. drays went : to other fields doubtless I.the'seed was scattered in fresh .places/; Brown .beetles.'.have. this:year made, their." appearance !in 'immense numbers. ,• Great quantities can be destroyed by lighting 'fires'iof gprse;trimmings.. Rabbits/have[increased' rapidly,'chiefly in. the. riverbeds, where for \ one rabbit. a few years. ago there aro now fifty. However, >shooting is constantly going on, and where the holdings. a're;,small-..the .rabbits arevnot likely, to 'renlain.-.lbng.enough,;.to do .much harm.'■•'.'..
ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.
"Novice," Petone.-rAbput- tho first. ; ./week., .in //January.; ■■ The event, however) may take .pjapp iquite/naturally .at any/ time ':■ within 'sifc months, of/that date. .'/;".'•: '/;.' / : ■■■■'.• /:
llalco.poor land good, and good land better. PISON'S SPECIAL FERTILISERS for Turnips and Rape —*
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 684, 8 December 1909, Page 10
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249BEETLES, CHARLOCK, AND SPURRY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 684, 8 December 1909, Page 10
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