WILD PIG PEST
POISONED. BAITS LAID
AGRTOULTURAiL DEPARTMENT’.?
ENTERPRISE
(Special to the Times.) WELLINGTON. Dec. 29.
In conjunction with the Forestry Department, experiments in laying poison for wild pigs have been carried out by’ the Department of Agriculture. In the Waipapa Valley. North Wellington, itnpoisoned and poisoned pollard baits, with a small quantity of.oil of aniseed, have been laid, hut no evidence has been obtained that the baits have been eaten, although the place chosen.. for the experiment was infested with pigs. A more extensive experiment was carried out inland from the Wanganui river, carrots. potatoes, artichokes and apples poisoned with phospheriseef pollard, strychnine and arsenic being laid in various areas, but again it is believed that the baits were not taken.
'‘Experiments will be continued at intervals and it is hoped that an efficient and economical method of coping with the wild pig pest will be discovered.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10473, 31 December 1927, Page 9
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148WILD PIG PEST Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10473, 31 December 1927, Page 9
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