RAGWORT.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —I noticed Mr Jennings, at the dinner tendered to him in Te Kuiti the other night, urged the settlers to keep the ragwort in check. I think most of the settlers do their utmost to do so. I also thinkif Mr Jennings did his duty he would go to the root of the evil, and have all ragwort pulled from the Native and Crown lands in the district. I believe the wind blows the ragwort seed many miles ; it is therefore very harrassing to the settlers to know that it is practically seeding all round him, ready to blow, a little later on, millions of seeds on to his section. —I am, etc., SETTLER,
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King Country Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 19, 1 March 1907, Page 3
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119RAGWORT. King Country Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 19, 1 March 1907, Page 3
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