RAGWORT MENAC

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 473, 6 March 1933, Page 4

RAGWORT MENAC

Our Own Correspondtl

1 BIG INCREASEI GOVT, ACTION NECESS^ TO ASSIST THE 1 FARMERS N OPOTIKI DISGUSSIOn|

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Opotiki, I Jj The Te Puke hranch of th|| Zealand Farmers' Union placeo mit before their suh-provincia^ ferfence held at Opotiki On Iy| urging that some drastic Govera action should he taken to dea'J the ragwort menace as it was i'l ening the existence of manyl owing to the alarming rate atS it had increased. y One speaker quoted an actuS in his own distriet where 30 li|| cows had been lost from ontg owing to ragwort poisoning. i It was no exaggeration, he suggest that unless something J was done to combat the menffl would actually cause the clos'S dairy factories owing to the cattle. L Another memher said thaly when the flower was gone, tly wort was dangerous as there p fihre in it which would caus£| death of stock. - f Use of Atamonia i Mr. Grace spoke in favour L ing ammonia chlorate and salu had found this method most eff|| Another memhers quoted the ch an individual who had a huge^ covered in ragwort and had ad: i that it was easier for him to pv fine than to pay what it would ( » have the ground cleared. I Mr, A. E. Robinson, provinct retary, said that after investi0 he thought that where the-lan^, very hadly infested and the jg was suitahle for lime top dressL felt sure that one part of sx chlorate to 20 parts of lime W0g effectiYe. Where the use of ^ dresser was not warranted, gested that knapsack sprayir^ hand spraying would assist in nn the case. j Mr. Grace said that in thfe sp^ found sodium chlorate was unj' able in his distriet, and he ha0 pure dairy salt and it had hee'j cessful. jj The general opinion of thej ing was that individual actic,, practically useless without Gr ment action.