NOXIOUS WEEDS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1483, 4 July 1912, Page 8

NOXIOUS WEEDS.

CAUSE A HUGE AXNITAL LOSS. At a moderate estimate, according to Mr. A. U. Cockayne, Government Biologist, weeds diminish the annual producing power of our lands by at least 5 per emit. This represents a yearly 10.-s of nearly .£1,000,000 sterling rn our itsririiltiir.il cx 7 isrrts alone. A rooil deal or this lef.s is now irremediable in those soils which year alter year hare carried large numbers of weeds, fillinr; the ground with innumerable seeds thai will' develop whenever a favourable opportunity .irises. Much of the loss,.however, can lie avoided. Tn the opinion of Mr. Cockayne, impure ?vtd can be reckoned up .is the greatest factor in (ho production of the noxious weeds problem, and he advocates testing seed before sowing.

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