STRANGE GRASS FOUND
Drives Away Insects ■ And Snakes WASHINGTON’. I-’ebruary 17. j Mr. Thi’iiuis Henry, si-ienve editor «>f I the North Anicrictiii Newspaper Alli-niii-e. reports Ih.-ti thousands ol’ sqii.-ire miles of iioi-lhern South A im-rie.-i ,-ind t’entrnl Aiiierieu may be opened lor >-<doniz:> 1 ion through tin English doetor’s discovery of n strange grass in < ’u rae.-is. Venezuela, which drives away tnosquiioes. ticks and snakes. I lie doctor, Edward Morgan, has already prodiu-ed seeds of the grass in large quiintities and supplied Hie Government of Venezuela. I The Pan-American Sanitary Bureau ■ states that analysis shows thin the j utiiss. which is a species ol Melinis i mull itiora. is a very rich pasture lor I liorst-s. i-o" s. and mules, but is probably unsuitable fur sheep.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 124, 19 February 1941, Page 7
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126STRANGE GRASS FOUND Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 124, 19 February 1941, Page 7
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