ERADICATING GORSE.

Shannon News, 11 October 1929, Page 2

ERADICATING GORSE.

A correspondent of the Auckland Star writes: * ‘Having read of a good many cases where owners of sections have been fined for allowing gorse to thrive on their property,,l thought itwould not be inopportune to give all and sundry my mode of getting lid of the pest in an inexpensive way. When cutting the gorse, bring the most of it to where the growth was thickest and pile up enough to make a great heat, first having eut the space upon which , the fire will be made. In this manner the whole section will be cleared of gorse in a few seasons at no more expense, because the stuff has fo be eut in any case. Where these bonfires have stood, it will be found afterwards that the native elover will spring up, and the fire has been fierce enough to kill all the gorse oh the patch. Next season move the heaps of gorse on to other areas, and repeat the process. To sow down these patches with grass seed gives better results still, especially as soon as possible after 1 the surface is cold. If this is done while the ash is fluffy and not beaten down by the rain, the grass seed will have a better chance, getting down under the ash aud escaping the ravages of small, birds.”