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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 58, 9 March 1906, Page 2

./-,,;• RAGWORT, ; • During his recent .visit to the South Island the Minister of Lands.; made special inquiries in references to the spread of ragwort,':and ascertained taajb; ; ln. every-case where -sheep were placed Upon t]ae land soon after the weed made its; appearance no trouble was- experienced * in keeping the ragworti within .bounds- ■•-; Sheep are fond of the young ragwort, and dp not suffer, through eating it, but when the weed becomes very rank its juice is more or lessipoisonous. The Agricultural Department is icon ducting experiments in the Auckland, district with the object of ascertaining the best and means of eradicating the weed.

NEW ARMOUR FOR THE NAVY. New "hardened" steel . armour plates are being fitted to the destroyer Skate's decks and- bulkheads for the purpose of haying them tested at an early date to ascertain the effect on them of gunfire op. board. It is thought however, that the new armour will undoubtedly pass the test; satisfactorily, and it is already being..fitted to the cruiser Shannon and other vessels building. The protective decks of these ships will be thicker,: and of harder metal than has been; the. case. lne change has been necessitated by the increase of armament, as the old-fashion-ed bulkheads in other ships would not stand the concussion of the numerous :12in.;-andr9.2 guns on the.vessels.buud* )ng'."' Workmen say that the new armour plate is, the .hardest they have ever worked" upon.

Tliin, pale, bloodless women need Steams' Wine to make new blood and restore strength. Does as much good as cod liver oil and iron, and tastes like the finest old port. * No grain can be too long or too short or too badly tanpled to be well handled by the easily adjusted McCormicK Binder Reel. Agent, E. F.