NOXIOUS WEEDS AND RABBIT

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 303, 29 August 1929, Page 5

NOXIOUS WEEDS AND RABBIT

EXTRA INSPECTOR. Request to County Council. That several settlers in the district were getting neglectful in the matter of destroying rabbits was reported to the August meeting of the Putaruru branch of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday. Mr. Jones opened a discussion on the /mbjefft bysuggesting that the rabbit inspector he asked to investigate. ; . '

Mr. Haipmond Whs of the opinion that a rabbit board was necessary, a remark that found approval. Mr. A. Morris, in referring to

the spread of noxious weeds, stated that the Matamata County Council had endorsed the principle of rabbit inspectors acting as noxious weeds inspectors. He had advocated putting on an extra man, but the council left the matter in abeyance. If the meeting desired it he would bring it forward again.

It was generally held that the stock inspector had to large a district to cove/, it * being a . physical impossibility for a man to do justice to an area 50 miles by 75 miles. Mr. Morris, in reply to a question, said that the law was that ragwort must be pulled whilst it was in flower. Mr. Hammond asked for information as to the Cinnebar moth. Mr. Nicklin stated that though only in the experimental stage it had been proved that the moth did | not attack plants of an economic nature. On the motion of Mr. Morris, the secretary was instructed to write to the Matamata County Council drawing attention to the menace of the spread of ragwort, and asking that an inspector of noxious weeds be appointed in districts where no rabbit board exists. It was thought that the Department of Agriculture would pay the cost of the appointment.