THE RABBIT PEST.
Till'] Wailuna correspondent of Iho Otago l);iily Times states llml liter' l is eoiisidera ble slir amongst (lie Dinners regarding Ilie Knhhil Xuis-iim-e Aef passed recently, and much comment re'y. - 'rdinjy the power given In (lie rabhil inspector. It is coiiiended llml such power will lend niily In slir up (rouble unless great skill and disere!ion are exercised by lh(‘ inspeelors. The fuel llml rabbits are mure numerous (his summer limn for nmny years past nmkes (he coming of the “new pew-, er" more object hum bit* to the i'armer. Despite the high price paid For skins durinyv the past winter, and tlu> prices still olVering. it is almost impossible (o procure labour to destroy the pesl, and Dinners are loreed to waleh the destruction c>J‘ their spring sowing' while they aremaking' provision J‘or winter feed. The position is difficult, and there is nobody more anxious (linn the farmer to find a remedy for his (roubles. Noxious weeds, rabbits, and farm labour tire subjects that make the farmer wrathful, and good prices for his produets do not, in his opinion, compensate him for the worries which he is enduring 1 ., Drowlh of all kinds i< very backward, and. ail hough grass is plentiful on the low levels, the position is unsatisfactory on the higher coimtrv.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1924, 9 January 1919, Page 2
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218THE RABBIT PEST. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1924, 9 January 1919, Page 2
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