Rabbit poisoning on runs at thin season of the year is in a great measure suspended from the danger which exist* of the phosphorous igniting dry grass. We hear that on the '1 aueru run this difficulty is obviated by the turf being removed with a sp.ide from the spots where the poisoned gram is laid and that the rabbits are attracted:to the bared patches and consume every grain of the piep red corn. In this way it is practioab'e to p-uson with success duriug the hottest month} of the year,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 987, 31 January 1882, Page 2
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