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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 8, 29 January 1915, Page 4

"My experiences of the blackberry pest," says Mr A. Lucas, of Otford, N.S.W., "convinces me that all the remedies generally recommu.ded, such as spraying with arsenate of soda, eating down with goats, cutting and burring .off, and chipping, are a waste of time and labour, 1 have found paspalum grass to be an effective agent of eradication. It has a large matting ront, and in three years it will choke any blackberry vines out. It gives the runners no chance to grip. It is also g"od feed for cattle, and th re is not much chance ot it firing in hot weather. My system is to transplant young plants raised from seed after a shower of rain, dig out a blackberry and in its place put a root of paspalum with a little «oil attached. If prtssed down with the feet it will be sure to take."