CALIFORNIAN THISTLE.
FAILUKE OF EXI'EBIMEXTS. TEE I'IIESS ASSOCIATION. Wei.li.vuton, February 26. Fourteen months ago the Govern, meut invited persons to competo for the bonus offered for Ihe best and most economical means of eradicating California!! Thistle. A piece of laud in North Otago was set aside for tho purpose, and commissioners appointed to watch auil report upon the experiments. These comiiiisMoucrs have now forwarded their report to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, in which they state that the competitors were unable to eradicate the thistle, and they do not deem it advisable to recommend payment in whole or in part to any 0110 of them. In many cases tho main roots were destroyed, but branch roots never lost their vitality,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8057, 27 February 1906, Page 2
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122CALIFORNIAN THISTLE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8057, 27 February 1906, Page 2
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