NODDING THISTLE PROBLEM NOW CONTROLLED Mr. H. C. HIATT, Dip. of Valuation * Farm Manaqamant, LC.I. Riant Psotactioi Raid Officer. Chritt church. It is gratifying to report that, thistles, the major weed prob* lem in mid-Canterbury pastures can be brought under complete control. North and South Canterbury farms have also noticed the spread of this insidious weed which tn bad years was so thick that it cut pasture production to virtually nil from September until March! Method* improved. In the past cultivation was the only remedy; mowing proved unsuccessful because the thistles flowered again after mowing—even finally flowered below the mower level. Now, thanks to 1.C.1. research, •nd the advent of I.C.L's “Agroxone” 4 or "Bexone,” the farmer is given a means whereby he can control the spread of thistles. By spraying with 1$ pints of “Agroxone' ’ 4 early in September, when the majority of the thistles have germinated and before the rosettes are big enough to smother out the grass, he is assured of a full season’s production from the paddock at • reasonable cost. Many thousands of acres of pasture have been kept in full production in the bad nodding thistle areas by the use of LC.L ‘‘Agroxone” 4, proving to the farmers that they now have at their disposal a chemical which can control their major weed problem. “Bexone" should be used in young pasture to avoid damage to young clover. 1.C.1. Service. 1.C.1. advice is freely available to any farmer, in any district, at any time, completely without obligation, from any branch of the following IC L Plant Protection Distributors: DALGETY I CO. LTD. R. G. WOODHAM & CO, LTD, Adi burton. @ PUNT PROTECTION ; SERVICE
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29220, 2 June 1960, Page 23
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