NOXIOUS WEED DESTROYERS.
Some years back, the Government of this, "noxious" qountry offefjed; a reward for the discovery of an efficacious destroyer of noxious- weeds-. Experiments on a large' scale were made at Oamaru, and, % in other parts of thel'^ominion 1 ; but* ;? the Government refused to accent either of the exterminators as "efficacious." If the advertisements appearing in the Press of the Dominion go few any-, thing, there should be not a; few effective weed-destroyers now on the market. T,he, difficulty, However, is in discriminating between good ; and bad. Aiid it is liere that; t-Me Agricultural Department owes;- dtity .to the farmer. A If the Department can recommend one or more of: tiie advertised preparations as effective, it should immediately do so.' Tf "ft? cannot, it should protect the farmer against exploitation., by designing quacks. •
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10135, 13 January 1911, Page 4
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135NOXIOUS WEED DESTROYERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10135, 13 January 1911, Page 4
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