There are enthusiastic lovers of the thistle it would seem other than Scotchmen, for I am toldHhat the hon. Mr. Waterhouse sows the seed on his run to improve the grass, it being asserted that the roots of the thistle loosen and open the soil, and that after the land becomes " thistlesick" it grows better grass than ever. This is contrary to my own ignorant notions I admit, and if it prove to bo true I scarcely see how they'(iho thistles) can be ranked as a curse. If they area blessing, the district will certainly bo blest indeed, for next year it will undoubtedly have plenty of them."—" Correspondent North Otago Times.'
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 217, 25 April 1873, Page 7
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112Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 217, 25 April 1873, Page 7
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