THE RABBIT PEST.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8848, 26 June 1907, Page 3

THE RABBIT PEST.

I“' ■ . The Yasa oov-respondeut of the Sydney Morning Herald says it is an object lesson In the way or rabbit destruction to visit Wallandool Estate, Henty, just now. There are ( four poison carts and nine Iwhiga* : tors engaged in the work there, and the latter are.'shortly to be increased ito eighteen. The work of these ‘ifumigators is noted .for its effectiveness and econoiny. The machine in iqnestion is the invention of the itnauager of Wollongbar. It is very ciomnnet and handy, powerful, and Tt the same time simply and easily operated. It can he worked for aj: day with two pints of- carbon bisul- I. pliide and covers ah Incredible | amount of’ country with that qnau- | itity. Six burrows were recently I fumigated, and when they were dug out the rabbits wore all dead. The total number taken out of the six burrows was 138, ranging’ from nix in one burrow to 43 in another. The largest burrow takes only a few minutes to fumigate. Paddocks on the estate which have been thoroughly treated with both poison and fumigation are. free from the pest. Burrows that ’ hayo. been i treated are filled hp, and never bei 1 come re-opened. t)'P to the Jpresent ■ i 15 000 acres in Wallandool have been I dealt with, the cost of fumigating being under 8d per acre.