How to Get Eid of Thistles.—A writer in the Leeds Mercury says :—As I observe an unusually large number of thistles this year, I would wish to give a hint to my brother agriculturists how to get rid of them. My farm a few years ago, was dreadfully infested with them. 1 effected their destruction by the following plan: —“I had them mown at this season of the year, i.e. t just preceding the development of the flower : this prevents the seed coming to maturity, and it is quite as essential to have them cut again in the autumn, as the stem is then liollow, and by cutting oti' the top the rain-water passes down the tube and rots the root —thus both the seed and root are destroyed. lam convinced if farmers would
only adopt tins plan the entire extirpation cf this unsightly, injurious, and obnoxious plant might be easily and readily effeted.”
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 453, 14 February 1867, Page 3
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154Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 453, 14 February 1867, Page 3
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