MISCELLANEOUS,

North Otago Times, 19 December 1904, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS,

The blackbird is becoming a menace to the farmer in the Wairavapa district, -'• It is said that it feeds on the young green rape, and one farmer w, the Opaki states that the whole of his j rape crop this season has been practi- j eally devoured. Travellers in all parts of Southland report ißays the Southland News) ap extraordinary (growth of koran sticks (the flower stalks cf the Now Zealand flux) and prolific bloom on cabbage trees, An old resident connected with the flax industry states that he has never eeon in Southland such crops of the former, many being aire ady iu pod. The exceptional growth i-i regarded by tho Natives as an infallible sign of wet summer, and experience eo far supports this deduction most completely. ■

The thousands of people who have illdigestion or constipation will be glad to learn that Dr Grassland Ims found a specific for these complaints, it is called Koxol. If you suffer try the effect of one !>s bottle. All chemists and stores stock it,