NOXIOUS WEEDS.
FAILURE OF ERADICATION SPECIFICS.
(Per Press Association.) Wellington, last night
Fourtoen months ago the Government invited persons to compote for a bonus offered for tbo best aDd most economical means of eradicating Caiiforaian thistle. A piece of land in North Otago wbs set aside for the purpose, aud commissione-s appointed to watch and repoit upon the experiments. These commissioners have now forwarded a report to tho secretary of the Department of Agiiculture, in wb’ch they 6'a‘o that the competitors wero unabls to eradicate the thistle, aid they do not deem it advisable to recommend payment in whole or in patt to any one of them. In many cists the main roots were destroyed, but the branch roots never lost their vitality.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1684, 27 February 1906, Page 2
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123NOXIOUS WEEDS. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1684, 27 February 1906, Page 2
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