PASPALUIVI UNPOPULAR
The well-known grass Paspalum dilatatum, which has been a.summer standby for farmers.over the Auckland Province for many years owing to its virtue of providing green feed in dry weather, has become surprisingly unpopular in the Henderson and Swanson districts (states the-"Star"). It is as valuable as ever for stock, but this year right through the north paspalum has been infected 'with a kind of fungus which easily comes off, arid is ruinous to clothing. Some, of the outer suburban residents suspected that it was some kind of resin on the grass, but the official explanation is that it is a true fungus, and solely due to the warm and muggy weather that has been experienced. There was an instance this week of a man at Swanson having to scrub the legs of a pair of trousers with soap and water before he could go to the races.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 15
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149PASPALUIVI UNPOPULAR Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 15
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