SAN JOSE SCALE.
BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. NELSON, September 9. The action taken by the Government Promologi9t and his staff of inspectors in dealing with the San Jose scale in orchards in and about the city has caused a great deal of discussion and indignation among orcl ardists. Mr J. W. Kirk, Government Biologist, is at present on a visit to the district, and in the course of an interview with a representative of "The Colonist" today, he gave a goneral denial to the statements that the requirements of inspectors had been unduly harsh. The examination made showed that of seventy properties in the province sixty die were situated in Toi Toi Valley, a portion of the city which was crowded with small gardens, and the pest had been found on trees in back gard;r.s. The inspectors had not exceeded the requirements of the situation.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9188, 10 September 1908, Page 5
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144SAN JOSE SCALE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9188, 10 September 1908, Page 5
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