THE "DEVIL WEED"
ADVICE TO FARMERS
A weed 'that has evidently made considerable headway in a portion of the Carterton district, was handed to Sir F. B- Ward, of the Department of Agriculture, for identification at the Carterton Farmers' Union meeting, on Saturday afternoon. "Oh, yes, , I know it," said Mr Ward, "it is spurry, or better known perhaps, as the 'Devil weed.' It is not a weed you need be afraid of, for" being'an annual, it is easily killed. Constant cultivation will get rid of it, the main pointy being not to let it seed," stated Mr; Ward. Several farmers intimated that they had found it exceedingly difficult to eradicate, and in one paddock, in particular, it had taken almost complete possession.
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Wairarapa Age, 22 March 1920, Page 6
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123THE "DEVIL WEED" Wairarapa Age, 22 March 1920, Page 6
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