"BUSH SICKNESS."
The Printe -Minister fiated in the House of Representatives yesterday that a million and a teiM acres of >kv?d in New •Z:,r'r.r.cl wp,s affected by the disease- known as "bush sickuteß," and that about ten millions of m>;»iey wae involved, /fi'-'iough theestimate, of the Prime Minister is pro•bn.bl.y overdnawin, tbe fact remains tl-d: a large area, .of country in tbe North Island is rendered uoriles? because cattle cannot live upon it. The vetsirinary officers cf the- Agricultural De;p):<intiment have devoted years of study to the disease 'known as "bush siekn-e-ss," but have so far been unable- to accurately diagniosa- it, or 1 to suggest 'a remedy. Seeing that so much money is involved, it would almost pay dies Government to import a bacteriologist to make a- special study "elf the disc-a^s.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 6 July 1912, Page 4
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133"BUSH SICKNESS." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 6 July 1912, Page 4
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