RAGWORT AND SHEEP.
RISKS OF -MORTALITY. WELLINGTON, August 7. The risks attendant on the purchase of sheep wlich have come off ragwort country direct to the snleyards, were mentioned in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr W. S. Glenn (Rangitikei) sa'id he had heard of a case in which 15 per cent, of sheep which had been pastured on ragwort country, had died within five days of being sold. He asked the Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. Mr Hawken) if he would have the fullest enquiries made with a view to protecting purchasers. The Minister said it was well known that sheep which had been on ragwort pastures would be affected, and that there was likely to l»e loss if they were moved and especially so if they were kept without food. He would have enquiries made, but the matter rested chiefly with the purchasers to see that they did not acquire sheep which had been pastured on ragwort.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1928, Page 2
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159RAGWORT AND SHEEP. Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1928, Page 2
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