THE SPARROW PEST.
TO TUB EDITOR Of "THK rRKSS.'' Sir, —Apparently our Government suspects iiio inadequacy of the coming wheat crop. Our .\luuster of Agriculture is sending round requcstm-; tho ; tanner to grow as much as possible. Why not deal with the obnoxious sparrow, which is responsible lor the con- * sumption of thousands of bu.-hels of 1 > tue Canterbury crop ovory year, ami ■ \ subsidise our oountv council's to distribute poisoned wheat to farmers a!! over New Zealand, or use some means ! r of destroying t!io pest.?— Yours, eu\ ■ FARMKR. •
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16883, 10 July 1920, Page 9
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