THE RABBIT PEST
GROWING GRAVITY IN THE SOUTH. The great gravity of the rabbit peet in Otago and Southland and other parts of New Zealand was stressed by Mr J. Horn (Whakatipu) in the course of the debate on the Address-m-Beply yesterday afternoon. The Agricultural Department's inspectors, he said, now seemed to be opposed to trapping, and that leTt only Soison and wire-netting as methods for tilling with rabbits. The trouble with poisoning was that the rabbits after_ a time became immune to the poisons laid, and thus it was necessary to constantly change the poison. He protested against landholders being fined on the evidence of the inspector only, and urged that they ought to have a right of appeal. One man with on estate bordering on Mount Kisjflh had been heavily fined because rabbits were found on his land. He did his best to keep it clear, but rabbits from tbe mountain soon overran it again. If bis place was cleared of rabbits to-day it would be overrun again in six weeks. The Minister for Agriculture (the lion. W. Noswortliyi promised to look into the matter, j
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10851, 17 March 1921, Page 2
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188THE RABBIT PEST New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10851, 17 March 1921, Page 2
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