CALIFORNIAN THISTLE.
COMMISSIONERS' REPOKT ON
EXPERIMENTS
WELLINGTON, February 26,
Fourteen months'ago the Government invited persons to compete for the bonus offered for the best and most economical means of eradicating the Oalifornian thistle. A pieoe of land in North Otago was set aside for the purpose, and commissioners appointed to watch and report upon the experiments. These commissioners have now forwarded their report to the Secretary of the Department of Argiculture, in which they sta*e that the competitors were unable to -eradicate the 1 thistle, and they do not deem it advisable to recommend payment in whole or in part to any one of them. In many cases the main roots were destroyed, but branch roots novel* lost their vitality.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7974, 27 February 1906, Page 5
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120CALIFORNIAN THISTLE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7974, 27 February 1906, Page 5
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