CALIFORNIAN THISTLE
; KtOSEqyTION -WITHDRAWN. „ .By,. Telegraph.— Special Correspondent '„,"' V . Wanganui. May 15. ihere was considerable interest in local , agricultural;circles in connection with the.prosecution; by the 1 Agricultural De- ■; parthieht of/ a number of leading farmers -iff-the.district, including an excounty; ohairinan and chairman of the Wangahui branch of the Farmers' Union, for failing Calii'ornian thistle xronv their land.. "£•. •■.-•■. .The, cases '.tore ,set; down ■ for hearing tcHtay, but .vfhen thevMagistrate's Court -opened, it was intimated that the Departwas not prepared to proceed, and .' the cases were withdrawn. , It was an open secret that the defence ■; ■ intended to :be put forward was that ] • .farmers are unable to...grapple with the I .. noxious weeds question in consequence of. the great <learth'of farm labour occasioned by the war. li?y a . te ; * he s P ren<l of Califoruian .thistle..has.been the subject of nnich dis-' cussion, inajiy farmers contending . that '.'it nasats value as a fodder plant.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2772, 16 May 1916, Page 8
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149CALIFORNIAN THISTLE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2772, 16 May 1916, Page 8
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