PURE SEEDS.
If there is one thing more than a«r other that the faraner in this ciomvtry wants just, now, it is a guaran>tee ithatfo (the. seeds which he pays for, and to which lie devotes so much trouble in distributing across the face 'of the earth, will germinate in the 'soil. The mereliant and (tradesman cannot give the guarantee, because they a.re at the mercy of isomebody else.. The Minister of Agriculture has promised to introduce a Pure Seeds Bill this .session. He will have to be very careful how he words it, or lie imay find the* cure worse than the diseaise. It is jus|fc iaa impassible! to prevent seeds l grown- in weed districts being mixed with impurities, as it is, to prevent swine fed on tuherauloiis mifflk being oonfeamimutieid. It is qiiite possible, how-
ever, to establish sccd-tosting stations, so that farmers may know just how .much CaJifornian thistle, and ragwort, and TU.bbisQi generally tihey are paying for.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10300, 1 August 1911, Page 4
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162PURE SEEDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10300, 1 August 1911, Page 4
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